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  • From: wiki_tomos <wiki_tomos AT inter7.jp>
  • To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Licence Upgrades
  • Date: 12 Jan 2006 07:30:15 +0900

Terry might have something else in mind, but I can think of the
language in CC-*-SA 2.0 and 2.5 (not 1.0)

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode

"4. Restrictions.The license granted in Section 3 above is
expressly made subject to and limited by the following restrictions:"

"b. You may distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or
publicly digitally perform a Derivative Work only under the terms
of this License, a later version of this License with the same License
Elements as this License, or a Creative Commons iCommons license that
contains the same License Elements as this License
(e.g. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Japan)."

This language, according to many on this list, means that when you
create a Derivative Work, you may choose to upgrade the license to a
later version.

Please note, that they are not lawyers as I understand, their opinions not
legal advice, nor are they speaking to represent official opinion of
the Creative Commons.

Non-SA licenses do not have this type of language, as I remember.
SA 1.0 licenses do not have it, either.

Best Regards,

Tomos

Jonathon Blake wrote:

>Terry wrote:
>
>> Yes -- unlike the GPL, the CC licenses carry this language *in* the
>> license.
>
>What wording in that licence allows either the work, or a derivative
>to have a "licence upgrade"?
>
>I didn't find anything, when I was examining the text, that implied that.
>
>xan
>
>jonathon




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