Development of Creative Commons licenses

[wiki_tomos <wiki_tomos AT inter7.jp>]

Hi. (Be reminded that I'm not a lawyer).

My take on this issue is that if the original work is released under 
CC-SA-NC or CC-BY-SA-NC then the derivative work should not be 
released under GFDL. GFDL explicitly states that the licensed work 
can be commercially exploited. Many Wikipedians indeed try to 
protect this freedom. 

So when the author or licensor choses "NC" element, that signals that 
he does not want its derivative to be released under GFDL. That would 
be my take. 

If, on the other hand, there are many many authors/licensors who want 
their original work to stay NC-SA and derivative work to be more free 
as to be commerically exploited, then introducing the "portable to GFDL" 
changes for NC-SA is desirable. My guess is that such demand is quite 
limited. 

Regards, 

Tomos

----- Original Message -----
From: Mia Garlick <mia AT creativecommons.org>
To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts 
<cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:14:15 -0800
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Sharealike license element change and by-nc-sa


>Hey Evan,
>
>Good question. As you can see from the original proposal, the plan  
>initially was that the amendment would apply to all ShareAlike  
>provisions in the CC licenses. However, that may not be possible for  
>some of the reasons that have been aired on the list to date. We  
>welcome people's views on whether this is possible or whether it  
>should be limited to just the BY-SA license (if it happens at all).
>
>People should also consider making suggestions for how any such  
>change (if effected) gets incorporated into the Commons Deed.  
>Creative Commons is not looking to create "back doors" to trip people  
>up but - as the title of the posting suggests - ensuring that we have  
>an interoperable commons.
>
>Rgds, Mia
>
>On Nov 18, 2005, at 7:21 AM, Evan Prodromou wrote:
>
>> Mia, I have a quick question: would the sharealike license element  
>> change apply to by-nc-sa, too? That would allow making derivative  
>> works for commercial advantage; I'm not sure that that's the  
>> intention of people who license using the by-nc-sa.
>>
>> ~Evan
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