Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>]

On Monday, March 14, 2005, at 12:57PM, Greg London <email AT greglondon.com> 
wrote:

>You might consider releasing your original work under NC-SA
>to allow fans to create some really cool derivatives but to keep
>the commercial rights to your work.

That seems like a good fit.

>The problem I see with trying to draw a line around the TYPES of
>derivatives you want to allow (story versus RPG) is that it could
>quickly get into hair splitting when a fan puts a story inside
>the RPG stuff to show how the gaming system works or a fan
>mentions a character name from your original story in a way
>you don't like and you call it "story" and they see it as "RPG".

How about the Open Gaming License, which is designed explicitly to manage 
this kind of mix of game rules/materials and editorial/brand content? This 
wouldn't enforce noncommercial use of work, but would allow 
character/location/organization names, flavor text and other story materials 
to be excluded from the licensed material.

- Rob.