[cc-licenses] [Commons-l] Requirements for a strong copyleft license

Javier Candeira javier at candeira.com
Sun Dec 2 04:52:27 EST 2007


Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> I do not believe there is any point to having a copyleft license for
> media which isn't strong.  Does anyone here disagree?

I do, my photos are by-sa but newspaper using them for illustration doesn't
have to be (that's my intention when licensing, at least them), as long as
the photos themselves are labeled with the proper attribution and licensing.

> Certainties the world does not yet YET ANOTHER free content license if
> it can be avoided.  The already existing myriad of CC licensing knobs
> already create confusion enough as is. :(

That is true. However, I am very interested in the discussion about this
by-sa+ license: whether it's needed, whether it's legally feasible, and
whether it's strategically a good idea to implement it.

-- jc



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