Development of Creative Commons licenses

[rob AT robmyers.org]

Quoting drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>:

> On Friday 29 September 2006 06:58 am, rob AT robmyers.org wrote:
> > Quoting Terry Hancock <hancock AT anansispaceworks.com>:
> > > I think the fact that GPLv3 would be as prohibitive as the proposed
> > > CC-By-SA-3 language is interesting, and pretty important from Debian's
> > > PoV.
> >
> > I do not beliebve that this is the case. GPL-3 allows you to use or write
> > DRM. You just cannot prevent people removing it or creating replacements.
> >
> > One solution for CC and Debian, based on the Scottish license language that
> > MJ Ray has mentioned, would be for CC to allow only ineffective DRM to be
> > applied.
> > This would be DRM where blanket permission to circumvent has been given
> > *by the
> > DRM vendor*, as is included in the GPL-3.
>
> Could this not also be accomplished by blanket permission to apply tied with
> parallel distribution?

I do not believe so. You do not have an equivalent permission to remove 
the DRM,
and availability of the non-DRM work is not guaranteed. It will look OK at the
point of initial distribution, but it will create increasing problems for
redistributors and remixers.

For all the game and media systems we have been discussing (and I 
apologise for
my relapse about the iPod a while back), DRM is added by Greg's single vendor
so permission to add DRM does not really empower end users.

- Rob.