[cc-community] Orlowski vs. liblicense

jonathon jonathon.blake at gmail.com
Tue Aug 21 14:18:23 EDT 2007


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On 08/21/2007 10:39 AM, * Kevin Driscoll wrote:

> Could it not form a dangerous trojan horse to cultures with
> different understandings of property?

I'm extremely aware of the differences in the concept that different
cultures have for "property".  I know that WIPO defines "property" in
terms that some cultures (Naxi, Xhosa) find totally alien, if not
outright absurd.

Ultimately, the material will have to be edited, if not rewritten for
every language/country.  Use the data for the US as a starting point.
Call it the "default" IP Crash Course material. Start the L10N work for
those cultures whose understanding of property is the most different
from the way that WIPO defines/understands the term.

This won't be easy material to write. Anybody who thinks otherwise
hasn't dealt with a culture where the idea of personal property is
regarded as "absurd", or one which treats a 'not currently visible
object' as being non-existent, even if they saw it ten minutes ago.

xan

jonathon
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