Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Bjorn Wijers <mailings AT bdisfunctional.net>]

I have been lurking most of the time. However on the topic of new 
licenses I hold a firm opinion:

less is more.

Stop adding new licenses. Actually in an ideal world we wouldn't need 
licenses altogether, the less we (need to) use them the better...

Most people have enough troubles in understanding the CC licenses 
concept and adding more licenses is not helping. I'm saying this based 
on my own experiences with Simuze (http://www.simuze.nl) a Dutch music 
community based on sharing of music under CC licenses. Most of the 
people I've met had a lot of problems understanding the 'subtle' 
differences between licenses. Especially The sampling and developing 
nations license do in my view more harm than good.

grtz
BjornW



Mathias Klang wrote:
> I agree with Marcus that we should be wary of new licenses. CC has been 
> built upon its simplicity and universal appeal. The creation of new 
> licenses (and also the rapid development of new versions) should be kept 
> to a minumum. CC will not grow stronger by applying new licenses but 
> through the application of its fundamental ideology.
>
> The latter should (as Marcus expresses) be explored and elaborated.
>
> Mathias
>
> Marcus Bornfreund wrote:
>
> > Hi all. Here's another thought, one expressed to me in-person recently 
> > by Richard Stallman and supported by several members of our own 
> > community: */No new licences/*.
> >
> > Instead, I suggest that we stop and consider the mandate of Creative 
> > Commons. What do we want people to infer when they see the CC in a 
> > circle on a creative work? What is CC's ideology? Is it to promote 
> > collaboration and sharing whenever possible, or in a particular 
> > fashion? If the former, than the more licences the merrier so long as 
> > they do not logically conflict; if the latter, perhaps less is more...
> >
> > /Marcus
> >
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