[cc-community] Code is Art (was: Version 4:0:Rebranding "noncommercial" to "commercial rights reserved": please don't!)

Patrick Anderson agnucius at gmail.com
Fri Apr 20 15:01:14 EDT 2012


 Heather Morrison wrote:
> it would be optimal if CC-BY did NOT grant commercial rights

Would the GNU GPL be a 'better' license if it were NC?

Why or why not?


Is there really any difference between code and art?

Consider the case of a computer game that generates
it's artwork dynamically, using algorithms written in c.

What about a game that generates the music within
that game using code written by the author?

Why is code not considered art, and if it *IS* art, then
why does the GNU GPL not require attribution, and why
does the GNU GPL allow commercial distribution?

Sincerely,
Patrick Anderson
http://SocialSufficiencyCoalition.BlogSpot.com


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