Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Björn Terelius <bjorn.terelius AT gmail.com>]

Hi.

I have read the FAQ and seen that licensing software under the Creative 
Commons' licenses isn't recommended. Instead they recommend using GPL. 
While  I agree that the GNU GPL is a very well written license and 
suitable for many projects, I do not think that it is right for every 
project. In particular, the GPL does not allow "extensions" like BY, ND, 
and NC. In fact, no FSF or OSI certified license whatsoever allow ND. 
This cause a lot of problems for the developers and ultimately for the 
users, because each freeware developer end up writing their own license 
agreement.

I think it would be great if there were versions of the CC licenses 
suitably adapted for software. This would give developers more 
flexibility in license conditions, without forcing them to write their 
own (often ambiguous) agreements. Is there any work in progress to do 
this? What would be required to make the CC licenses suitable for software?

Best regards
-Bjorn Terelius