Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Ricardo Gladwell <president AT freeroleplay.org>]

Rob Myers wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 30, 2004, at 10:44AM, Ricardo Gladwell 
> <president AT freeroleplay.org> wrote:
> > > I don't really think the example negates the ability to provide a 
> > > transparant copy provision: there are ways around your edge example. You 
> > > could require "transparant" copies only where applicable (i.e. 
> > > explicitly exclude paintings). Conversely, you can simply require that, 
> > > for example, an image file in a non-proprietary format for the painting 
> > > is also supplied online.
>
> Providing a high-resolution PNG of the painting is a good way of
> making the painting accessible, providing various resolutions
> would make it even more accessible (for example if I want a
> desktop or an illustration I'd take lo-rez, if I want to sample a
> brushstroke I'd take hi-rez). But some paintings are very large,
> and would result in multi-gigabyte files to capture their entire
> surface at a resolution useful for sampling to make equivalent
> work.

I don't think the production of a hi-resolution image is a problem so 
long as you are supplying the source. Similarly, there is nothing 
stopping you then supplying the compressed image as a JPEG and supplying 
that as a "source" of the project: both allow users to use the image in 
their own works.

> The simplest way of making the painting accessible is to
> remove any "no photography" signs. People can photograph the work
> as well as sketch it. Are there any museums with "no sketching"
> signs?

I think the best solution is make a distinction between physical 
publications and digital publications. My impression is that the 
freedoms contained in the CCPL or are really effectively applicable to 
digital works. For example, in the case of a painting how does Share 
Alike apply? How do you create a derivative work of a physical painting? 
One can only do so when the painting is converted into a digital format.

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Ricardo Gladwell
President, Free Roleplaying Community
http://www.freeroleplay.org/
president AT freeroleplay.org