[cc-community] CCi international porting question

Andy Brooks abrooks at creativecommons.org
Fri May 9 23:54:28 EDT 2008


The name doesn't bother me. Personally, I prefer the term open to free 
for BY-SA content since -- to me at least -- it's a less ambiguous term. 
However, like Terry mentioned, it's a debated issue.

As far as dual licensing under different jurisdictions, that might not 
be a bad idea. IANAL though, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I 
found a message 
(http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-ca/2005-January/000042.html) on 
the Canadian CC Listserv talking about jurisdictional ports if that's 
any help.

BTW, I found that message through my trusty Google CSE that searches 
almost all of the cc mailing lists. Here's the CSE if anyone is 
interested: 
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=016798904611520613776:6h0qmzttfw8

-Andy
 
Terry Hancock wrote:
> Terry Hancock wrote:
>   
>>> Thanks for any advice you can offer
>>>       
>> Don't use "Free" when you mean "NC", it's confusing and politically
>> provocative. So, either drop the "NC" or change the name.
>>     
>
> In case there is doubt, this was intended as constructive "advice" not
> an actual command. :-)
>
> I do genuinely find the use of the word "free" in such contexts to be
> confusing and somewhat irritating, though. It clutters up searches when
> I'm looking for the small amount of truly "free" content amidst a sea of
> restricted content.
>
> Of course, I do realize the business case for using NC, and that is not
> what my comment is about. I do _listen_ to NC and ARR music. But when
> I'm looking for "free" music, it usually means I'm looking for something
> I can include with my own free-licensed published media.
>
> Cheers,
> Terry
>
>   



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