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Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0

From: "Mike Linksvayer" <ml AT creativecommons.org>
To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 08:06:14 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, May 18, 2006 07:34, Terry Hancock wrote:
> I haven't heard any explanation of why the "Founder's Copyright" isn't
> simply designed as an extra module.

"Founder's Copyright" was thought to require a contract between a trusted
organization and the copyright holder, another beast entirely.

There should be no need to add additional modules to the licenses
themselves to effect delayed licensing. Just say that the license is only
offered after yyy.mm.dd.

Prodigem (a bittorrent hosting service) has been doing this for awhile,
e.g.,
http://www.prodigem.com/copyright_plus_prodigem/by-nc-nd/2.0/20060516

--
Mike Linksvayer
http://creativecommons.org/about/people#21

Re: [cc-licenses] Color-coding, was Re: Getting to Version 3.0 , (continued)
- [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/18/2006
  - Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, drew Roberts, 05/18/2006
    - Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/18/2006
      - Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, drew Roberts, 05/18/2006
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/18/2006
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, drew Roberts, 05/18/2006
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/19/2006
  - Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Mike Linksvayer, 05/18/2006
    - Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/18/2006
      - Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/18/2006
      - Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Mike Linksvayer, 05/18/2006
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/18/2006
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/18/2006
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Greg London, 05/18/2006
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/19/2006
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Greg London, 05/19/2006
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Terry Hancock, 05/19/2006
        Re: [cc-licenses] Founders as a module? was Re: Getting to Version 3.0, Greg London, 05/19/2006