Development of Creative Commons licenses

["Glenn Otis Brown" <glenn AT creativecommons.org>]

Yes, the copyright holder can consent to let others do things the license
doesn't. A good example is if a license says "no commercial use," but the
copyright holder makes a practice of making individual deals with parties
interested in making commercial uses. See
<http://creativecommons.org/faq#faq_entry_3479>.

Thanks for writing,

Glenn

 

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:37:04 -0500, "Evan Prodromou"
<evan AT prodromou.san-francisco.ca.us> said:
> >>>>> "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
> 
> -- 
> Evan Prodromou
> evan AT prodromou.san-francisco.ca.us
> 
> 
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