Call for more license options - Creative Commons Legal Code
Glenn Otis Brown
glenn at creativecommons.org
Mon Mar 28 19:14:58 EST 2005
> not sure if this has been answered yet, but the reasons for not
> extending the SA requirement to collective works are
>
> (1) to avoid the kind of confusion that sometimes happens with the GPL
> regarding aggregation of "free" and "nonfree" works -- happens quite a
> bit --
> early on we wanted to clarify between mere aggregations (no copyleft)
> and derivations (copyleft)
>
> (2) to avoid profilerating license options -- we already get a lot of
> feedback that there are too many options as it is. the marginal gain
> from adding a broader SA requirement outweighs costs in UI, etc.
woops -- mistyped -- that's supposed to say "is outweighed by" rather
than "outweighs" -- costs would be greater than potential benefits
>
> On Mar 28, 2005, at 1:28 PM, drew Roberts wrote:
>
>> On Monday 28 March 2005 04:11 pm, Greg London wrote:
>>> drew Roberts said:
>>>> Do you know of any reason why SA
>>>> should not cover the same uses as NC?
>>>
>>> not sure. my guess is that it came from
>>> the way GNU copyleft licenses work.
>>> They allow works to be aggregated
>>> with non-copyleft works.
>>
>> Sure, I know how the GPL works, probably better than how the CC stuff
>> works.0
>>>
>>> Some specific examples on the GNU website
>>> say they want their software to be
>>> distributable on a CD with non-GNU
>>> licensed works.
>>>
>>> The user can then do a local build on
>>> their machine, combining the copyleft
>>> stuff with the proprietary stuff.
>>>
>>> If you can't aggregate, you'd have
>>> to use separate CD's.
>>
>> If it is just a matter of history, CC did not have an issue with NC
>> even
>> though the GPL would. This would just be another of the spectrum of
>> rights to
>> keep/give up. Right?
>>
>> Does anyone know of any substantive reasons why SA should not cover
>> the same
>> uses as NC?
>>
>> all the best,
>>
>> drew
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>
> Glenn Otis Brown
> Executive Director
> Creative Commons
> glenn at creativecommons.org
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