[cc-community] Why the GPL-incompatibility?

Daniel Brockman daniel at brockman.se
Sat Feb 10 10:00:48 EST 2007


Lawrence Lessig writes:

> (1) CC licenses don't extend to software.  For software,
> we recommend the GPL.

On the other hand, a lot of people are using the GPL for
non-software works --- such as images.

You cannot combine a CC-BY-licensed image with GPL-licensed
image and get a GPL-licensed result.

I believe that many people who release things under the
terms of CC-BY do not realize this limitation.

> But the FSF controls what licenses are compatible with
> the GPL.

In rough terms, what changes would the FSF have to make in
order for CC-BY to be compatible with the GPL?

-- 
Daniel Brockman <daniel at brockman.se>



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