Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Evan Prodromou <evan AT prodromou.san-francisco.ca.us>]

>>>>> "WP" == Willem Penninckx <willem.penninckx AT belgacom.net> writes:

    WP> Hi, Just a little question:

    WP> If a document is released under a CC license, for example a
    WP> license which does not allow to change the content. If the
    WP> copyright holder says someone is allowed to change the
    WP> content, is that ok?  Or are such things not possible?

IANAL, but my understanding is that the ultimate decision rests with
the copyright holder. They can release documents under different
licenses to different people, amend the CC licenses to fit their needs
(danger: here there be monsters), or release future versions of
a document under a different license.

Of course, this is all very complicated. To your specific question, I
believe that the answer is yes, the copyright holder can waive the
requirement not to change content of a document for a specific
individual and no others. Another option would be to relicense the
document under a more liberal license that allows changes.

~ESP

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Evan Prodromou
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