Development of Creative Commons licenses

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

drew Roberts skrev:
> Also, those other works are still effectively closed to someone like me who 
> wants to deal in copyleft type works.
>
> So, for someone like me, what good are the works under other licenses? I can 
> only play with BY or BY-SA as far as I understand things.
>
> Those other works will still prime my creativity well/pump system with water 
> that is dangerous to use.

Sure, but in the end it's the will and the intentions of the originator 
that matters, I she only wants to lend you some of the rights that she 
could have lent you, that is her choice and nobody has the right to 
criticise her for her choice of license.

> Mind you, if I am thinking correctly, the copyleft type licenses will win out 
> in the end as they offer the best deal all round for a commons type game. If 
> that is the case, these otehr licenses will prove to be an interesting side 
> experiment along the way. We shall see.

Possibly, but that is only under the assumption that the majority of 
users of CC licenses, share the same vision of a commons, which I doubt 
they do. I think most users of CC licenses sees some kind of personal, 
possibly material, advantage with using an open content license.


/Peter Brink