Development of Creative Commons licenses

["Andres Guadamuz" <a.guadamuz AT ed.ac.uk>]

Dear Adam,

As far as I know, there is an official list of compatible licences, which is
empty at the moment. See:

http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses

In my very personal opinion, GPL v2 is similar enough to BY-SA to fulfil the
requirement of "similarity" described in the licence. However, GPL v3 is
entirely different, and IMO it's not similar enough. 

Best Regards,

Andres

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Andres Guadamuz
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Intellectual Property and Technology Law
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Edinburgh EH8 9YL 

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[mailto:cc-licenses-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of adam hyde
Sent: 02 July 2007 15:38
To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [cc-licenses] cc-by-sa and gpl

hi,

I was wondering...Can material that is licensed under the CC-BY-SA (3.0)
license be re-issued under the GPL.

I know the two licenses are not compatible. However the clause states:
"you may distribute the resulting work only under the same, similar or a
compatible license."

What exactly does 'similar' mean? Is the GPL sufficently 'similar' to the
CC-BY-SA?

adam



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