[cc-licenses] ShareAlike and version compatibility

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Fri Apr 14 09:45:54 EDT 2006


On 14 Apr 2006, at 11:46, drew Roberts wrote:

> On Friday 14 April 2006 12:18 am, Mia Garlick wrote:
>> the promise/ agreement to retain copyright notices, warranty
>> disclaimers, license notification, attribution as well as compliance
>> with the other terms of the license in reliance on & exchange for the
>> licensor's promise to make the grant of rights under the terms of the
>> license.
>
> Just to be clear, is that the official CC position, or is that you  
> expressing
> your opinion?

And if it's CC's position can they please have a think about it. :-)

How are the CC licenses different from the GPL in this respect? The  
FSF claim that the GPL is a license not a contract. This has some  
important consequences for the perceived corporate friendliness of  
the GPL.

http://lwn.net/Articles/61292/
http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20031214210634851

(Yes I know that licenses are contracts in Europe.)

- Rob.





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