Development of Creative Commons licenses

[drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>]

On Friday 26 January 2007 07:51 pm, Peter Brink wrote:
> drew Roberts skrev:
> > On Friday 26 January 2007 03:13 pm, Peter Brink wrote:
> >> drew Roberts skrev:
> >>  > So, taking this all into consideration, does this mean you disagree
> >>  > with Mia? Or do you agree with her and I am too dim or too ignorant
> >>  > at this point to see it?
> >>
> >> You are neither dim nor ignorant.
> >>
> >> Mia’s position seems to be that since the license is non-exclusive, the
> >> implication (and intention of the license) must be that the terms of the
> >> license only applies to such copies that includes an explicit license
> >> statement.
> >
> > I don't follow this logic. I can offer my work as BY-SA and if someone
> > does not want to deal with the SA aspects, I can offer them a different
> > license on terms to be agreed upon. This would be a case of non exclusive
> > licenses on the work that would not force us to hold the position that
> > the license is only for copies of the work to which the BY-SA license is
> > attached or that come from a copy to which the BY-SA license is attached.
>
> If you issue a non-exclusive license what you are offering are in effect
>   the right to use specific copies of your work. If you offer three
> different versions of the same work under three different licenses: A ->
> CC-BY-ND, B -> CC-BY-SA and C -> GFDL. Then that must reasonably mean
> that version A could only be used under the terms of CC-BY-ND and not
> CC-BY-SA. If you would have had tripple-licensed the work, that is
> included three sets of license terms, then the licensee would have had
> been able to choose which one of the three licenses to use.
>
> If you had offered the work under an _exclusive license_ then you would
> have license the work as such (minus any possible moral rights)
> including all modifications and versions.

So again I ask, would it not be clearer to change the license from "the work" 
to "this instance of the work and all instances made or derived from it."

Plus, surely I can sell you a license without providing you with the work 
itself at all?
>
>
> /Peter Brink

all the best,

drew
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