Development of Creative Commons licenses

["Branko Collin" <collin AT xs4all.nl>]

On 27 Sep 2004, at 11:35, Rob Myers wrote:

> I am not a lawyer, I am nothing to do with Creative Commons, this is
> not legal advice.
> 
> On Sunday, September 26, 2004, at 04:20PM, Branko Collin
> <collin AT xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> >- Licenses and copyright statements were often embedded in the 
> >compiled game code. Recompiling twenty year old software is often not
> > an option. Also, from a 'museum curator' point of view, modifying
> >the original code seems to me like putting a sticker "No
> >photographs!" on the Nightwatch.
> 
> For new distributions and for old games where people have the code and
> want to share the code, the GPL might be better. Since you state that
> one of your goals is to drive the creation of new work, having source
> available is a good idea and the GPL ensures this. BY-SA doesn't
> ensure source code availability.

Art and the GPL don't mix very well, I am afraid. And even if they 
do, authors that I have spoken with generally do not want to license 
their games under the GPL, unless the code has some educational 
purposes.

-- 
branko collin
collin AT xs4all.nl