Development of Creative Commons licenses

[tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>]

Hi, Keith:  Would this not be a good example of why the CC-license is so
desirable in the first instance, i.e., when a question on the use of
another's work comes up, they can easily contact the owner to discuss
terms that work for both parties?  The simplest example would be someone
that wanted to use a work restricted to noncommercial use, would contact
the owner to arrange terms to use the work for commercial purpose?
Tom

On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 01:06, Keith Coleman wrote:
> I've been reviewing the new 2.0 licenses (for inclusion a Stanford CS 
> research project) and have noticed some odd interactions between licenses. 
> For example:
> 
> Let's say I combine a worked issued under a Sampling license with a work 
> issued under a BY-NC-SA v2 license. Sampling permits Sharing but does not 
> permit Distribution, a condition which is MORE restrictive than BY-NC-SA's 
> permission of NonCommercial Distribution but LESS restrictive than 
> BY-NC-SA's permission of only NonCommercial Derivatives. (The matter is 
> additionally complicated by the unidimensiality of the CC metadata, wherein 
> every clause or no clause is affected by things like "requires 
> noncommercial.")
> 
> So under which license must I issue my derivative work?
> 
> Option 1: BY-NC-SA
> But this violoates BY-NC-SA's use-the-most-restrictive clause regarding 
> combined works.
> 
> Option 2: Sampling
> But this violoates BY-NC-SA's use-the-most-restrictive clause regarding 
> combined works.
> 
> Option 3: Some new mutant license
> But this could get confusing from a marketing/biz perspective.
> 
> What do you recommend in this case?
> 
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
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