Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Peter Brink <peter.brink AT brinkdata.se>]

James Nash skrev:
> I have chosen it to ensure that if my report is copied / distributed it 
> remains unchanged. However, the wording of the license says: "You may 
> not alter, transform, or *build upon this work*" [my emphasis]. Now 
> while I don't want people to just take the report, make some changes and 
> call it their own, I *do* want them to be able to quote it, and to reuse 
> or build upon the ideas covered within it.

A copyright protects the way in which an idea has been expressed. It 
does not protect the idea itself, nor the style or manner in which the 
idea has been expressed.

Anyone is allowed to build upon the ideas contained in a work, the new 
expression must however be original (the definition of which varies from 
jurisdiction to jurisdiction) for it to be considered an work of authorship.

/Peter