Developer discussion for Creative Commons technology and tools

["Luis Villa" <luis AT tieguy.org>]

On 1/24/07, Jon Phillips <jon AT rejon.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 17:35 -0800, Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 17:04 -0500, Jesse Warden wrote:
> > > I don't know Chris personally, but as much as I can tell from emails,
> > > he doesn't believe it is an effective license for software
> > > development, feels that the document & UI elements that CC can also be
> > > applied to are not something Google Code currently focuses on, and
> > > bottom line feels that it runs contrary to keep the amount of licenses
> > > low.
> >
> > 
> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#Can_I_use_a_Creative_Commons_license_for_software.3F
>
> Yes, CC licenses are not for software. CC recommends using GNU GPL and
> LGPL for source code. Hence, Google Code is right on point with not
> using CC licenses in this way.

That said, there are projects that will use Google Code that should
appropriately be 'license X for code, license Y for art/docs/etc.' It
might not be unreasonable to discuss mixed-license scenarios with the
Google Code folks at some point, and let them know that that is a
scenario they should consider for the future. (Esp. if more licenses
become more cross-compatible in the future as we expect with GPL v3
and other new licenses.)

Luis