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  • From: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Is something like "version 3.0 or any later version" allowed?
  • Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:10:43 -0700

Terry Hancock wrote:
Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves wrote:
Recently, an outsider proposed that it was perhaps better if we
required that contributions be under "Creative Commons Attribution
License 3.0 or any later version published by Creative Commons".
Something akin to what some GPLv2 projects do.

It's probably unnecessary -- the CC licenses already allow for
derivatives to fall under future licenses.

Licenses version 2.0 and greater including the ShareAlike term do. It isn't relevant for non-SA licenses, which don't mandate release of derivatives under a particular license.

IANAL, etc.

Me too.





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