Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Björn Terelius <bjorn.terelius AT gmail.com>]

> > Many advocates of free software, including Richard Stallman, have
> > expressed the opinion that the "ethical compulsion" to make software
> > free is unique to computer programs (or perhaps more generally to
> > "things of utilitarian rather than aesthetic value", as I would
> > personally put it), and feel quite comfortable with the idea of
> > conventional copyright-monopoly-based selling of aesthetic content.
> >     
>
> And many advocates -- like myself -- disagree. Of course, we both agree
> that the FSF's job is not to get into the middle of this debate except
> where it pertains to documentation for software and computer programs
> that we we agree need to be free.
>
>   
And some (like me) don't acknowledge any "ethical compulsion" to make 
either software or content Free.
I believe licensing any product as free is only useful if you intend to 
build a community around it. If you don't want to form a community, then 
a non-free but freely redistributable license is just as good.

-Björn Terelius