[cc-licenses] Unbundling the GPL
Joachim Durchholz
jo at durchholz.org
Wed Apr 25 15:09:46 EDT 2007
Björn Terelius schrieb:
>
> Certainly! I have no problems with the CC recommending programmers to use
> the GPL or some other free license over a mere freeware one. That way, the
> programmer could choose ND if he really wanted to, but stay with GPL if he
> doesn't care.
That's my position, too.
>> Possibly because the BY clause is too much like the advertising
>> clause of the original BSD licenses?
>
> Still, don't you think that an artist should have the right to be properly
> credited for his work if others use it?
I too think that BY should be part of a freeware/FOSS license.
IMHO, the problem with the BY part in the old BSD license was that it
was too specific about the ways that contributors had to be listed.
I think that it's enough if a BY license states that the contributor
list must always be easy to inspect. It need not be prominent, and it
need not be repeated in every file.
One *could* also request an honest attempt at ranking the contributors
by relevance. Such a clause should be no more than advisory though -
it's too difficult to rank such a thing as "relevance" in a way that
will hold up in court.
Just my ramblings :-)
Regards,
Jo
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