Development of Creative Commons licenses

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

Greg London skrev:
> look man, if your bias is such that you cannot separate
> fact from fiction, then you're wasting my time.

It's painfully clear that you don't know what the facts are...

> CC isn't forcing anyone to give up the commercial
> rights to their work. They offer a license that
> makes it easy for people to do that if that's
> what they want to do.

Well, a basic requirement must be that those option remains within the 
bounds of the law.

> Does European law tell me I cannot pick and
> choose who gets rights to my work?

As an author you have control over your work. You do not however have 
complete "freedom of contract", there are a number of mandatory laws and 
rules which circumvent just what conditions and terms a contract may 
contain.

You may choose to exclude some people on the basis of their hair color 
if you like, you may not include a condition in a contract that 
suppresses a mandatory rule.

> And, speaking for myself, any legal advice you
> offer on the subject is highly suspect at
> the moment. You clearly do not want it
> and have prophesized the doom of CC if they
> continue down this path.
>
> So your bias does not give me cause to trust
> that you are presenting a wholly objective
> interpretation on the law around this subject.

Well, honestly, I don't care much if you don't like what I'm saying, and 
there's not much I can do if CC goes ahead and tries to construct a 
license which does what you suggest. I can only express my concerns.

/Peter Brink