Development of Creative Commons licenses

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

On Friday 02 March 2007 05:15 am, Antoine wrote:
> > So, the BY-SA decided not to apply to collective works but the GPL
> > decided to
> > apply to collective works. ??? Is that right?
>
> No.
> "Collective works" and "collections" are not the same thing.
> A collective work is a single cohesive work that has been worked on by
> several people. A collection of works is, well... a collection.
>
> As Rob I think the GPL's "mere aggregation" is equivalent to the
> CC-by-sa's "collections".
>
Well, can a collective work get a copyright on the collective work? Can a 
collection of works get a copyright that covers the collection?

all the best,

drew
-- 
(da idea man)