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  • From: maiki interi <maiki AT interi.org>
  • To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Compatibility: please do not use an external list of compatible licenses
  • Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:54:58 -0700

On 08/09/2012 08:01 AM, Francesco Poli wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> Section 1(d) of CC-by-sa-v4.0draft2 states:
>
> [...]
>> (d) Creative Commons Compatible License means a license that is listed
>> at http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses and has been
>> approved by Creative Commons as being essentially the equivalent
>> of this Public License, including, at a minimum, because that
>> license: (i) contains terms that have the same purpose, meaning
>> and effect as the License Elements of this Public License; and
>> (ii) explicitly permits the licensing of adaptations of works made
>> available under that license under this Public License.
> [...]

> I think that this mechanism should not be implemented: when I decide
> that I want a copyleft license, I don't want that adaptations can be
> re-licensed under yet unknown terms. Licenses that are declared
> compatible with a given version of a license should be known upfront
> and not change in time.

Compatibility with the license doesn't change, just which licenses are
compatible. The license is a set of attributes that can work with other
licenses that have similar enough attributes to be deemed compatible.
While it is possible that there is severe miscommunication over a
potential compatible license, it seems highly unlikely, given the amount
of work CC and others put into figuring out compatibility.

That page is a reference point for ongoing support that CC is giving to
the license, to maximize ease of use. I am confident that there won't be
any loopholes found in a license listed there.

maiki




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