Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Evan Prodromou <evan AT wikitravel.org>]

On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 00:17 +0100, Rob Myers wrote:

> "The right of integrity also protects creators from having their works 
> associated with products, services, causes or institutions that would 
> harm their honour or reputation. In Creative Commons-speak this is 
> called the INTEGRITY licence element. Note: This element is currently 
> being proposed and is not yet available."
> 
> http://www.cippic.ca/en/projects-cases/icommons-canada/moral-rights.html

Wow. That's really, really stupid. Who the hell thought that one up? 
It's a revocable license, which is bad enough, but also a license that
can be revoked at whim. "You are entitled to use this work in any way
you want, except if it bothers me, in which case I can sue your ass real
hard. Enjoy this work as you quiver in fear."

This should just be called the Creative Commons Thoughtless A-hole
License and be done with it. Whoever even proposed that should be
ashamed of themselves. I'm embarrassed that anyone would even think that
this was a donation to the creative commons in even the slightest way.

~ESP

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Evan Prodromou <evan AT wikitravel.org>

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