[cc-licenses] DRAFT Creative Commons Statement of Intent for Attribution-ShareAlike Licenses

drew Roberts zotz at 100jamz.com
Mon Apr 7 07:55:56 EDT 2008


On Monday 07 April 2008 00:54:19 Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:41 AM, drew Roberts <zotz at 100jamz.com> wrote:
> >  Beautiful and thanks Mike and others involved so far.
>
> Thanks. ;)
>
> >  The freedom to redistribute copies
> >  The freedom to distribute derivative works
> >
> >  Should this be:
> >
> >  The freedom to redistribute copies including modified copies
> >  The freedom to distribute derivative works
> >
> >  or:
> >
> >  The freedom to redistribute copies
> >  The freedom to distribute derivative works or modified copies
> >
> >  Probably the first and just to be clear that you can distribute with
> > changes even where those changes are not extensive enough to constitute a
> > new work...
>
> I thought I copied directly from freedomdefined.org, but I guess not.
> I updated the four freedoms with the exact text currently used by
> fd.o.

I didn't read their text, and until I got into discussing things copyright on 
lists, I would have never thought of this, but I think I may have learned a 
thing or two over the years.

Copies may naturally incluse unmodifed and modified copies, but it might be a 
bit more safe to be clear.

I willl check the new wording and respond.
>
> >  2) All versions and ports of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
...
> > Free Cultural License set out in the Definition of Free Cultural Works
> > AND ALSO HAVE COPYLEFT PROVISIONS).
> >
> >  Also add the "AND ALSO HAVE COPYLEFT PROVISIONS" to 4.
>
> That's what "protect the same essential freedoms for all users" means.

I know that, I was including it after the "to be clear" bit again for purposes 
of clarity...

Does it need to be / would it help if it were... there for that reason?
>
> Mike

all the best,

drew




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