[cc-community] An easy way to notify licensors about new license versions

Gavin Baker gavin at gavinbaker.com
Wed Dec 5 16:22:16 EST 2007


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jonathon wrote:
> Gavin wrote:
> 
>> I frequently encounter works using outdated versions of CC licenses.
>> This is sub-optimal, as newer versions have improvements and clarifications.
> 
> Did you realize that some content creators deliberately choose to
> release their work with an older version of a specific CC License? In
> their opinion, the newer versions are sub-optimal.

That's fine, and nothing I suggested would require or twist anyone's arm
to use newer licenses. My only concern here is to better inform
licensors about new versions.

If anyone has a dispute with that goal, please feel free to post it in
this thread. For other points, such as general discussion of the
desirability of various features of the licenses, I would ask that you
use a different subject line, to keep the list conducive to discussion
on both topics.

> One_major_ issue with CC licenses is that it can be automatically
> upgraded to a more recent version of the CC License, if the user so
> desires.    Whislt CC-BY, and CC-BY-SA are relatively safe from
> malevolent interpretations, CC_NC, and CC-ND are not.    ("Malevolent"
> being defined by the content creator. CC-BY, and CC-BY-SA currently
> prohibit the violation of moral rights, in areas where statute laws
> protects moral rights.  In all other situations,the user can do as
> s/he desires with the content, regardless of how the content creator
> feels about those changes. )
> 
> With both the "NC" and "ND" licenses, it is very easy for a malevolent
> clause to be added by CC.  One potential example:  Defining
> "non-Commercial" to mean "not to be sold for a net profit".  (It is
> trivial for an organization to sell product at a net loss, and make
> money doing so. it all depends upon how the transactions are
> structured.)
> 
> xan
> 
> jonathon
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