[cc-licenses] Lawsuit over Virgin Mobile's and Ethical Use
drew Roberts
zotz at 100jamz.com
Mon Oct 1 09:07:32 EDT 2007
On Monday 01 October 2007 08:06 am, paola.dimaio at gmail.com wrote:
> Well, I think we can, but I will leave this conversation for another time
>
> I will simply say that I can use a 'preagreement' option, which means,
> I can license the work under cc, say, if the conditions in the pre
> agreement are met
>
> objections?
Yes, if you want to do this, write your own license and use it. Even starting
with the CC licenses as a base. Just don't muddy things by calling your
licenses CC licenses. (I know this might not be the sort of objection you
were looking for...)
>
> PDM
all the best,
drew
>
> On 10/1/07, rob at robmyers.org <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
> > Quoting drew Roberts <zotz at 100jamz.com>:
> > > On Sunday 30 September 2007 10:44 pm, paola.dimaio at gmail.com wrote:
> > >> > in the sense that it would place your "customized" licence outside
> > >> > the CC system, i.e. it would render it impossible to interact with
> > >> > the SA licences. - most legal problems CC licences have relate to
> > >> > the interpretation of terms such as "non-commercial" which are not
> > >> > used by national Copyright Laws.
> > >>
> > >> Not necessarily. If the change is straighforrwad and just adding a
> > >> condition it does not change any part of the agreeent itself. i say
> > >> that the change that I propose will not affect the compatibility
> > >
> > > It will certainly affect the compatibility of all SA licensed works.
> >
> > It would break compatibility.
> >
> > As has already been mentioned, the licenses state that they are the
> > entire agreement. We cannot add extra conditions. We can state how we
> > expect the agreement to be interpreted, but we cannot bolt on extra
> > restrictions.
> >
> > - Rob.
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