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  • From: wiki_tomos <wiki_tomos AT inter7.jp>
  • To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Licence Upgrades
  • Date: 12 Jan 2006 10:50:58 +0900

Hi.

Do you see that the quoted part contains a phrase "a later version
of this License"? That was the part I wanted to get your attention to.

Tomos

Harlan Lieberman-Berg wrote:

>Well, I am not a lawyer as well, but I believe that the language which
>you have quoted would explicitly DENY the rights to upgrade. After all,
>it does say (e.g. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Japan)." Which includes the
>version number...
>
>Harlan Lieberman-Berg
>
>On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 07:30 +0900, wiki_tomos wrote:
>> Terry might have something else in mind, but I can think of the
>> language in CC-*-SA 2.0 and 2.5 (not 1.0)
>>
>> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
>>
>> "4. Restrictions.The license granted in Section 3 above is
>> expressly made subject to and limited by the following restrictions:"
>>
>> "b. You may distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or
>> publicly digitally perform a Derivative Work only under the terms
>> of this License, a later version of this License with the same License
>> Elements as this License, or a Creative Commons iCommons license that
>> contains the same License Elements as this License
>> (e.g. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Japan)."
>>
>> This language, according to many on this list, means that when you
>> create a Derivative Work, you may choose to upgrade the license to a
>> later version.
>>
>> Please note, that they are not lawyers as I understand, their opinions not
>> legal advice, nor are they speaking to represent official opinion of
>> the Creative Commons.
>>
>> Non-SA licenses do not have this type of language, as I remember.
>> SA 1.0 licenses do not have it, either.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Tomos




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