Development of Creative Commons licenses

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

Branko Collin skrev:
> Yes. 
>
> A license may become void if the terms are not met, but I doubt the 
> reader will still have to fulfill those terms once the license has 
> become void. 

Ah, are you talking about how, or rather when, a user of a work licensed 
under an open source/content becomes bound by the terms of the license?

Obviously you don't *have* to make use of the offer in, for example GPL. 
You are only assumed to make use of the offer if you do something for 
which you need the permission(s) license gives you. Publishing a 
derivative work is a good example. As long as you don't publish any 
derivative work the license remains unused.

Or as the CC licenses preamble put it: "By exercising any rights to the 
work provided here, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms of 
this license. The licensor grants you the rights contained here in 
consideration of your acceptance of such terms and conditions."


/Peter Brink