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  • From: drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Unbundling the GPL
  • Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:44:56 -0400

On Wednesday 25 April 2007 03:09 pm, Joachim Durchholz wrote:
> 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.

But the CC BY is fairly specific too and shares the same problem as a result.
I am not saying that it is to the same degree.
>
> 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.

It is hard to ceom up with clauses for whatever purpose that accomplish the
desired goal without other (negative?) consequences.
>
> Just my ramblings :-)
>
> Regards,
> Jo

all the best,

drew
--
(da idea man)




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