[cc-community] Reducing The Number Of Licenses

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Fri Mar 6 06:55:40 EST 2009


On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:42:33 +0000
Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:

> > - the author does not wish the work distorted to represent a different
> >  viewpoint
> 
> Attribution's terms handle this.

Not really

> 
> >        (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.

Not in the eyes of the people I've dealt with - it's too easy to lose
that information.

> > - 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 in many cases that modification then needs to be certified or
processed appropriately before a modified version can be created.

> > 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.'"

Except that most folks don't see it that way and Alan Moore would I am
sure have preferred to block the Hollywood rework of this stories. A
witticism does not make policy


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