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  • From: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: CC licenses and "moral rights"
  • Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:22:53 +0000


On 18 Mar 2005, at 19:25, Peter Knupfer, H-Net wrote:

How does the CC by-attribution/noncommercial/noderivatives license affect a licensor's exercise of moral rights in a text? [...] Under the CC license mentioned above, the author has granted such a use. Outside the license, the author can refuse permission. Is this a correct interpretation of the license?

I am not a lawyer, I am not CC.

Yes, you are correct. Some international versions of the licenses explicitly reserve moral rights, but the original licenses are silent on them so they default to the baseline, which is that you have kept and can assert your moral rights.

I haven't heard of anyone trying this yet, though. And it does go against the principle of copyleft if the license is SA.

- Rob.





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