Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>]

Branko Collin wrote:
> Open Source is a marketing term that refers to a type of development 
> methodology. The CC-licenses could be used for Open Source software, 
> for instance, so you would still be none the wiser.

Open Source does not only refer to a type of development methodology.

See http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php

IMO development methodology is entirely secondary to freedoms granted by 
 open source software, especially given that in practice open source 
software development methodologies run the gamut, from the prototypical 
cathederal to bazaar and more.

Also note that any CC license containing the NonCommercial or 
NoDerivatives clauses are plainly not open source.  (There are 
relatively minor debating points on the others, none of which have been 
certified by OSI.  Evan wrote a summary for Debian awhile back.)

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  Mike Linksvayer
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