[cc-community] Orlowski vs. liblicense

drew Roberts zotz at 100jamz.com
Mon Aug 20 16:03:29 EDT 2007


On Monday 20 August 2007 02:10 pm, 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...

Didn't someone here say before that minors can't license their works or 
something to that effect? (Basically that they couldn't be held to the 
license in any case?)
>
> - Rob.

all the best,

drew

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