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Re: [cc-licenses] Version 3.0 -- It's Happening & With BY-SA Compatibility Language Too

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] Version 3.0 -- It's Happening & With BY-SA Compatibility Language Too
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:48:52 -0800

On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 13:44 -0600, Terry Hancock wrote:
> Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> > You do realize that (a) CC now offers license buttons that distinguish
> > each license and (b) Debian nor any other credible organization has
> ^^^^^^^^
> Weasel words. ;-)
>
> I guess that means that http://freedomdefined.org/Definition is, well,
> "incredible". ;-)

I didn't intend to slight freedomdefined.org, it just didn't cross my
mind. I was thinking of Debian, FSF and OSI. But actually a "credible
organization" has said (at least implicitly through use) that BY and
BY-SA are free -- Wikimedia. So I was wrong in any case.

> Personally I think they have a good start, and you have to start somewhere.

Agreed.

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