[Cc-uk] Licence Bug? Removal of Attribution

Jordan Hatcher jordan at twitchgamer.net
Tue Mar 21 15:26:30 EST 2006


The change you mention is aimed to address some concerns over 
reputation similar to moral rights aspects of copyright.

I believe that this is one of the differences between the 2.5 generic 
licence and the 2.0 generic licence put out by CC last year.  Because E 
and W was drafted when the 2.0 generic version was the standard, that 
element is not reflected in the 2.0 E and W.  I believe that there are 
plans to update this licence accordingly, but I am sure that someone 
from the team can answer this better than I.

The Scottish licence, drafted slightly later in time than the EandW 
licence, complies with the new 2.5 standard:

See section 2.3
"But, if what you are publishing or distributing is a Derivative Work 
or a Collective Work, you must remove any of these credits if you are 
asked to do so by the Licensor and if it is practicable to do so."
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/scotland/legalcode

Thanks!

Jordan Hatcher
jordan at twitchgamer.net


On 21 Mar, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Rob Myers wrote:

> Hi.
>
> In the generic BY-SA license, there is section in clause 4a that
> allows a contributor to demand the removal of their name from
> derivative work.
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/legalcode
> "4. [...] a. [...] If You create a Collective Work, upon notice from
> any Licensor You must, to the extent practicable, remove from the
> Collective Work any credit as required by clause 4(c), as requested.
> If You create a Derivative Work, upon notice from any Licensor You
> must, to the extent practicable, remove from the Derivative Work any
> credit as required by clause 4(c), as requested."
>
> There does not seem to be an equivalent section in the England &
> Wales 2.5 BY-SA .
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/legalcode
>
> I assume it would be in the "You must:" section. Should this be in
> the licence? Its absence seems to be a deviation from the original.
>
> - Rob.
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