Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>]

On 23 Mar 2004, at 19:27, Evan Prodromou wrote:

> Actually, I think the main point is scaring the bejeesus out of
> artists and making them think twice before releasing works. "Do I
> really have rights to release this? Yes I do."
>
> I think it's better than putting off that responsibility on the
> consumers who use the artistic works, or redistributors like you and
> me.

I agree, but I think an OGL-style personal representation rather than a 
CC1.0-style general representation is more manageable. It creates a 
chain of responsibility rather than passing all the risk on to each 
deriver.

- Rob.