Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera AT zmsl.com>]

drew Roberts wrote:
> I suggest we all do an experiment. Just give up on the NC option and be done 
> with it. In a year or two, evaluate your situation and see if you are doing 
> OK. BY-SA is about right for me.
>
> I wouldn't mind a variation that called for like licenses in compilations, but 
> I have not thought of the issues that could cause.

I like this idea. In addition, I'll mention that too many licenses make 
it hard to mix content. For example, you can't mix BY-SA and BY-NC. The 
ability to mix is why CC exists. So I think we should only have a 
incompatible licenses when there is a very good reason to do so.

I think BY-SA and BY-NC are likely to appeal to the same sorts of 
people. They both allow mixing while trying to prevent the derivative to 
take advantage of your work. If we want to remove one, I think there's 
no question that BY-NC goes and BY-SA stays.

Incidentally, I don't like the ND licenses.

Cheers,
Daniel.
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