Development of Creative Commons licenses

[James Grimmelmann <james AT grimmelmann.net>]

drew Roberts wrote:
> Does CC have to pick one strategy? If so, could anti-DRM be another "module" 
> alongside BY,SA,NC,ND?

Ultimately, if some creators would like a stringent anti-DRM clause and 
others would prefer anti-DRM with parallel distribution, I think this is 
an entirely appropriate split to make in the licenses.  If I had to 
speculate, I'd guess that eventually automated license-processing 
technologies of the sort Mike & co. are developing and promoting will 
make it much easier for numerous license variants to coexist and play 
nicely together.  You're right that picking either parallel distribution 
or not is a choice it would be nice not to have to make.

That said, the current profusion of licenses has been generating 
confusion, and this is not a propitious time to be splitting off new 
license variants.

James