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  • From: James Grimmelmann <james AT grimmelmann.net>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Retiring standalone DevNations and one Sampling license
  • Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:21:53 -0400

Hear, hear!

This is a good move for license simplicity and for the commons.

Is there any consideration of renaming the SamplingPlus pair of
licenses, since there is no longer a Sampling license to distinguish
them from?

James

Lawrence Lessig wrote:
> Today we are retiring two of the Creative Commons licenses -- the
> stand alone Developing Nations license, as well as one of the three
> Sampling licenses we offer. The reasons for these retirements are
> both practical and principled.
>
> The practical reason is simple lack of interest: From the start,
> Creative Commons has promised to keep our family of licenses as
> simple as possible. Actual demand has been one of the key indicators
> of how simple things can be. We estimate just 0.01% of our existing
> licenses are Developing Nations licenses, and 0.01% are the version
> of the Sampling license that we are retiring. Those numbers say that
> these licenses are not in demand.
>
> The principled reasons are different with each license. The
> Developing Nations license is in conflict with the growing "Open
> Access Publishing" movement. While the license frees creative work in
> the developing nations, it does not free work in any way elsewhere.
> This means these licenses do not meet the minimum standards of the
> Open Access Movement. Because this movement is so important to the
> spread of science and knowledge, we no longer believe it correct to
> promote a stand alone version of this license. Later this month, we
> will begin a discussion about adding the terms of the Developing
> Nations license to 5 of the other CC licenses, and giving users the
> option to include those terms in their license. (So, for example, you
> could select a BY-NC license for the developed world, but offer a BY
> license for creators within Developing Nations.) Because such an
> option would be attached to a standard CC license, it would not
> conflict with the principle we are announcing here. Based upon the
> feedback we get to that idea, we will decide whether to implement it.
>
> The Sampling License presents a similar concern. Until today, we have
> offered three versions of the Sampling license. Two of those versions
> permit noncommercial sharing of the licensed work (SamplingPlus, and
> Noncommercial SamplingPlus). One (the Sampling License) only permits
> the remix of the licensed work, not the freedom to share it. There is
> a strong movement to convince Creative Commons that our core licenses
> at least permit the freedom to share a work noncommercially.
>
> Creative Commons supports that movement. We will not adopt as a
> Creative Commons license any license that does not assure at least
> this minimal freedom -- at least not without substantial public
> discussion. We are grateful for the feedback, and for the
> understanding of those who helped us craft the sampling licenses,
> both of which got us here.
>
> This change does not affect any existing licensed work. The links to
> these licenses, and every Creative Commons license, will always
> remain valid. The only change we're making today is that we will no
> longer offer these licenses on our licensing page.
>
> To read more about these retirements, please visit our retired
> licenses page at
> http://creativecommons.org/retiredlicenses
>
>
> Lawrence Lessig
> CEO
> Creative Commons
> 171 Second Street, Suite 300
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> http://creativecommons.org
>
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