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  • From: Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller <sloyment AT gmx.net>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: licensing software
  • Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:13:37 +0100

Hi Dierk, (IANAL TINLA)

On Mittwoch 12 November 2003 00:07, Dierk Ohlerich wrote:
> We want to distrubute executables without source

> the "require attribution", "no commercial use", "share alike
> modification" would suit us.

This means that you will allow modification on a legal basis, but
at the same time almost completely prevent it on a technical
basis.

> If someone somehow gets access to the source-code (which might
> have no copyright notice), he should not automatically get
> rights to the sources.

Your original source code will not be affected, but somebody
might create new "source code" from the binary, by decompiling
or disassembling it.

The licensing scheme is incompatible with the GPL.

(Please note that I am not part of the CC project, so this is not
an official answer.)

cu,
Thomas }:o{#
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  • licensing software, Dierk Ohlerich, 11/11/2003
    • Re: licensing software, Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller, 11/12/2003

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