Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Joachim Durchholz <jo AT durchholz.org>]

Björn Terelius schrieb:
> Certainly!  I have no problems with the CC recommending programmers to use
> the GPL or some other free license over a mere freeware one. That way, the
> programmer could choose ND if he really wanted to, but stay with GPL if he
> doesn't care.

That's my position, too.

> > Possibly because the BY clause is too much like the advertising
> > clause of the original BSD licenses?
>
> Still, don't you think that an artist should have the right to be properly
> credited for his work if others use it?

I too think that BY should be part of a freeware/FOSS license.

IMHO, the problem with the BY part in the old BSD license was that it 
was too specific about the ways that contributors had to be listed.

I think that it's enough if a BY license states that the contributor 
list must always be easy to inspect. It need not be prominent, and it 
need not be repeated in every file.
One *could* also request an honest attempt at ranking the contributors 
by relevance. Such a clause should be no more than advisory though - 
it's too difficult to rank such a thing as "relevance" in a way that 
will hold up in court.

Just my ramblings :-)

Regards,
Jo