[cc-community] Orlowski vs. liblicense

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Mon Aug 20 14:10:01 EDT 2007


Jon Phillips wrote:
> The point is, it is up to the user, as
> this change further emphasizes. And, what I'm saying above is that by
> default, no license is selected.

Yeah cool. A standardized interface is a good thing. Individuals and 
society can use it in various ways...

I think that the point that Orlowski's moral panic indicates is that 
kids may not have the IP knowledge to make an informed decision about 
whether they should BY-SA their work.

So possibly as well as liblicense, OLPC should have an IP crash course 
included. Or some guidelines explaining the possible advantages and 
pitfalls of each licensing scheme in simple terms.

This does assume that kids, rather than their parents, will be doing the 
licensing...

- Rob.


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