distribution of licenses
Rob Myers
robmyers at mac.com
Sun Mar 6 15:58:04 EST 2005
On 6 Mar 2005, at 20:40, Greg London wrote:
> (* by "ShareAlike", I mean everyone but me, the author.)
But this is how the CC modules work. They are requirements placed on
downstream users in return for licensing the work. I see the problem
that you have identified, that the license doesn't affect the licensor,
but this is true even of the mighty GPL. I have trouble with the idea
of a self-binding license, possibly the closest I can think of is
assigning one's copyright to the FSF.
Forking one's own work is presumably a freedom. But a CC license
guarantees that the work that is licensed at any one moment cannot be
un-licensed. And SA does affect the original licensor if they wish to
use downstream work. This isn't a "what's mine is mine, what's yours is
mine" license. I'm not defending NC in absolute terms, simply defending
the right of individuals to exercise their freedom choose it as the
least worst fit to what they wish to achieve socially or ideologically,
even if I personally wish they wouldn't choose it.
- Rob.
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