Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Matt Burrows <mburrows2 AT earthlink.net>]

I would add to the proposal below, the concept that you are not required to 
add the unencumbered version if prohibited by a third party agreement (eg, w/ 
RealMedia) in existence whenever the license is exercised.   This would 
address situations where a licensee has an exclusive deal with a third party, 
such as Real.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathanael Nerode <neroden AT twcny.rr.com>
Sent: May 24, 2005 3:37 PM
To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Draft License 2.5 - Now open for discussion

Another thought.  As the DRM clause is currently written, it prohibits 
encumbered distribution (e.g. RealMedia).  If the DRM clause is rewritten so 
that you must provide an unencumbered version alongside every encumbered 
version, it would instead mean that, for instance, if you provided RealMedia 
you would *also* have to provide Ogg.

This might be an easier sell to the proprietary-format shops: "You don't have 
to drop RealMedia, you just have to add this extra format.  Which is free."  
This is probably a better way of getting a foot in the door, anyway.
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