Development of Creative Commons licenses

[wiki_tomos <wiki_tomos AT inter7.jp>]

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