[cc-licenses] compatibility plans between GFDL and CC-by-SA

rob at robmyers.org rob at robmyers.org
Thu Dec 21 11:05:46 EST 2006


Quoting "Bernd [Skriptenforum.net]" <papa_schlumpf at skriptenforum.net>:
> I really wonder how far these ideas have developped at the moment. I 
> have just
> briefly read through the GFDL 2 draft released 25th of September, but was not
> able to find any hint for more compatibility between these two licences. Nor
> have I found hints in the version 3 CC-licence drafts...  Also, I tried to
> contact the Software Freedom Law Center (www.softwarefreedom.org) which was
> proposed by Lawrence Lessig for handling this change (see again
> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/76501 ) as well as Lawrence
> Lessig himself and received no answer.

http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003627.shtml

"And assuming we fix the problem with CC/FDL interoperability -- 
assuming, wink,
wink -- that would mean your creative work could be included within Wikipedia
(or other copyleft projects), even though the general license you offer 
is a NC
license."

That would seem to be an encouraging wink. ;-)

I was originally strongly opposed to BY-SA/FDL interoperability but the new
Simpler Free Documentation License answers my practical concerns with 
invariant
sections, so I now support interoperability between BY-SA and the SFDL 
(not the
FDL, which sadly still has invariant sections as of the first draft of the new
version).

NC and ND are more problematic to make interoperable.

- Rob.




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