[cc-community] Reducing The Number Of Licenses

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Fri Mar 6 04:42:33 EST 2009


On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> ND is very much neccessary because there are many many works where
>
> - the author does not wish the work distorted to represent a different
>  viewpoint

Attribution's terms handle this.

>        (This is one of the big concerns of the UK government for example)
> - it represents a specific record whose modification may mislead later
>  (eg a photographic record of an event, or minutes of a meeting)

The requirement that modifications be identified as such handles this.

> - there may be legal or regulatory constraints on modification
>        - games for sale in some countries (age rating)
>        - video for sale in many countries (age rating)
>        - wireless device firmware (regulatory requirements)
>        - safety data sheets

These may all require modification to remain legal if regulation changes.

> and of course if you talk to many creative authors they see some of their
> output as a complete piece of expression and want to share it but not
> have people messing with their created space so need +ND (or CC+ and
> 'translations permitted')

If it's modified it's no longer their creative space. To use the
latest version of an old quote:

"Interviewer: 'How do you feel about Hollywood ruining your work?'

Alan Moore: 'What are you talking about, they didn't ruin my work, it
is right up there on the shelf.'"

- Rob.


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