Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Evan Prodromou <evan AT wikitravel.org>]

>>>>> "RM" == Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com> writes:

    RM> See the OGL for how this should work. You should represent
    RM> that your own work is your own work and pass responsibility
    RM> for others' content back up to them, not take on or pass down
    RM> that risk.

Which is exactly what the current warranty in the 1.0 licenses does,
AFAICT. The original author takes responsibility for their own work,
and derivers/distributors take responsibility for _their_ own
actions. It's a very simple and fair system.

For reference, here's the applicable (I think) OGL clause:

    "5.Representation of Authority to Contribute: If You are
    contributing original material as Open Game Content, You represent
    that Your Contributions are Your original creation and/or You have
    sufficient rights to grant the rights conveyed by this License."

That seems practically tautological, and not far off from the warranty
in the 1.0 CC licenses, except that it doesn't explicitly call out
copyright, trademark, privacy rights, and defamation, though.

~ESP

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