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Re: [cc-licenses] CC-TERM license, CC-BID banner?

From: jonathon <jonathon.blake AT gmail.com>
To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] CC-TERM license, CC-BID banner?
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 23:43:26 +0000

Greg wrote:

> that authors could place their works under which would
> put the work into the public domain at Life+15, which

Whilst that sounds like a good idea, I'm not sure it will scale.

Scenario:
John Doe released a document under CC-BY-SA-Life+15 in 2010.
John Doe dies on a lecture tour in 2011;
John wade edits/revises/updates the article in 2015.
John Wade dies in a plane crash the day after he uploads the article
to the Internet under the CC-BY-SA-Life+15 license.
Jane Doe revises John Wade's document in 2025, and releases under the
same CC-BY-SA-Life+15 license.

When is that fifteen years up?
* 2026 --- fifteen years after John Doe dies;
* 2030 --- fifteen years after John Wade dies;
* Fifteen years after Jane Doe dies;

xan

jonathon

[cc-licenses] CC-TERM license, CC-BID banner?, Greg London, 09/02/2007
- Re: [cc-licenses] CC-TERM license, CC-BID banner?, jonathon, 09/03/2007
  - Re: [cc-licenses] CC-TERM license, CC-BID banner?, Greg London, 09/05/2007