[cc-community] Orlowski vs. liblicense
Jon Phillips
jon at creativecommons.org
Mon Aug 20 14:21:12 EDT 2007
On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 19:10 +0100, Rob Myers wrote:
> 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.
This is an idea that had been discussed...we haven't had time to focus
on this yet, in favor of just getting liblicense and olpc-integration
work done...it is definitely of interest and want to see more done in
this vein...maybe you can help this? Anyone else interested?
Jon
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