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  • From: drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Call for more license options - Creative Commons Legal Code
  • Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:28:22 -0500

On Monday 28 March 2005 04:11 pm, Greg London wrote:
> drew Roberts said:
> > Do you know of any reason why SA
> > should not cover the same uses as NC?
>
> not sure. my guess is that it came from
> the way GNU copyleft licenses work.
> They allow works to be aggregated
> with non-copyleft works.

Sure, I know how the GPL works, probably better than how the CC stuff works.0
>
> Some specific examples on the GNU website
> say they want their software to be
> distributable on a CD with non-GNU
> licensed works.
>
> The user can then do a local build on
> their machine, combining the copyleft
> stuff with the proprietary stuff.
>
> If you can't aggregate, you'd have
> to use separate CD's.

If it is just a matter of history, CC did not have an issue with NC even
though the GPL would. This would just be another of the spectrum of rights to
keep/give up. Right?

Does anyone know of any substantive reasons why SA should not cover the same
uses as NC?

all the best,

drew




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