Development of Creative Commons licenses

[James Grimmelmann <james.grimmelmann AT yale.edu>]

At 05:56 AM 8/17/2004, Greg London wrote:

> James Grimmelmann said:
> > I would disagree that Creative Commons has "a" model.
>
> You said the most common license was CC-NC-SA, which
> supports my notion that CC has "a" model. Or at the
> very least, most users have "a" model of how to use
> CC licenses.

There are different camps, even among authors choosing CC-(BY)-NC-SA.  Some 
see it as a strong attempt to enforce reciprocity from downstream authors 
in two different ways (don't make money and give back to others).  Others 
see it as a more permissive version of CC-(BY)-NC-ND: a more generous form 
of "community service," as you say.

> Linux is a gift economy
> RedHat is a market economy doing community service

This is a great example -- because these two economies coexist and 
contribute positively to each other.  Neither could exist alone.


I am not a lawyer; I do not speak for Creative Commons.

James