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

From: Terry Hancock <hancock AT anansispaceworks.com>
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 14:37:34 -0600

Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> 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.

Fair enough. I just wanted an excuse to mention them. :-)

Note also that although Stallman/FSF does not "endorse" CC, this is
entirely because of the brand confusion issue. FSF *does* list By and
By-SA as "free" licenses.

OSI has been pretty moribund for a long time now, so I don't think their
inaction on CC means anything.

That leaves Debian as the odd one out. So one could even say "3 out of 4
credible organizations agree: By and By-SA are 'free'".

Still weasel-worded, though. :-)

Cheers,
Terry

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Terry Hancock (hancock AT AnansiSpaceworks.com)
Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com

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