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  • From: James Grimmelmann <james AT grimmelmann.net>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Version 3.0 — It's Happening & With BY-SA Compatibility Language Too
  • Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:13:34 -0500

drew Roberts wrote:

Possibly:

""Creative Commons Compatible License" means a license that is listed
at http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses that has been
approved by Creative Commons as being essentially equivalent to this
License, because it meets at least the following requirements: (i)
contains terms that have the same purpose, meaning and effect as the
License Elements of this License; and, (ii) explicitly permits the
relicensing of derivatives of works made available under that license
under this License."

Now, perhaps that change is not really necessary and I was just beingt more dense than ususal while reading it all these times. Comments welcome.


Perhaps I am missing something, but why couldn't the definition end after "essentially equivalent to this License"? All that the rest does is explain what criteria CC will usually use to decide whether the license in the same, but nothing that adds to or subtracts from the actual list the canonical URL. Whether or not it's called a "note," isn't it a bunch of inoperative text? Those criteria ought to be listed on the page of compatible licenses, not in the license text itself, no?

James




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