[cc-community] Free Art License?

Claude Almansi claude.almansi at bluewin.ch
Tue Jul 6 02:09:46 EDT 2010


On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:29 AM, drew Roberts <zotz at 100jamz.com> wrote:
> On Monday 05 July 2010 17:25:23 Jon Phillips wrote:
>> It might not be a devil at all rob. It might just be that no one has
>> had the time to get to this.
>
> One thing I don't like is French law ruling no matter where the "originating
> artist" is.

Yes, it can be problematic. Concrete case:

"Concours 2010 « Décris-moi la citoyenneté numérique »"
<http://www.ynternet.org/forumouvert/concours-2010-decris-moi-la-citoyennete-numerique>,
 is a writing competition in the context of 9e Forum eCulture in
Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Conditions de participation (pdf)
<http://ynternet.org/forumouvert/conditions-concours-v3-1.pdf> state
that the use of the LAL will be one of the 5 main assessment criteria
the jury will use ("Critères principaux: ... 5. Vous avez mentionné
en fin d'article qu'il est sous licence Art Libre
(http://artlibre.org/) ").

They  further indicate that the competition is realized by "la
fondation Ynternet.org, la HEPL du canton de Vaud et l'UNIL".
Ynternet.org has always advocated the LAL, but  it is slightly odd
that official Swiss institutions like HEPL (Haute école pédagogique du
canton de Vaud) and  UNIL (Université de Lausanne) should accept an
assessment criterium that imposes the use of a given license, moreover
one for which French Law applies.

Best

Claude



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