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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 CompatibilityLanguageToo
  • Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:10:46 -0500

Jonathon Blake wrote:
James wrote:

So too is the practice of saying "a Creative Commons license" without
saying which one.

My working definition is that CC by itself explicitly means the
CC-NC-ND 2.0 licence.

The most restrictive, not the most popular. [The most popular being
CC-NC 2.5 variants.]

Yes . . . and "Creative Commons license" by itself could also mean the Sampling license, which in many ways is even more restrictive. With Sampling and NC-ND on the table, there is no use (in excess of the copyright baseline) that is guaranteed by all Creative Commons licenses. Skepticism with a tinge of mistrust is the attitude to take until someone tells you *which* license is involved. And "Creative Commons-like license" is a sign to be very cautious indeed.

James




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