Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Robin Millette <millette AT waglo.com>]

Peter Brink wrote:
> Robin Millette skrev:
>
> > I would have to disagree as well. Software is covered by copyright in 
> > most jurisdictions (which is a little odd when you think about it, 
> > since copyright doesn't otherwise apply for functionnal creations, but 
> > I disgress). And the Free Software / Open Source licences are all 
> > designed to plug into copyright and allow greater rights then are 
> > permitted by default.
>
> The licenses does not "plug into" copyright law, they "mask" it. Open 
> Source/Content licenses are contractual arrangements which "masks" some 
> of the features of copyright law and changes those features. To be able 
> to legally issue a license one must be able to assert a copyright, but 
> the license is a contractual agreement between the licensor and the 
> licensee.

"plug in" was a bad choice of words. And thanks for the clarification 
about moral rights in Sweden :)

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