Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Javier Candeira <javier AT candeira.com>]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Anthony <osm AT inbox.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Gregor Hagedorn
> <g.m.hagedorn AT gmail.com> wrote:
>> The idea is to apply it to the condition, not the license. Limiting
>> the license would fall back to standard copyright = no publicly
>> licensed re-use.
>
> Yes, the title of this thread is confusing.  These shouldn't be
> referred to as time-limited licenses.
>
> A license is a grant of permission.
>
> These are more like time-activated licenses than time-limited ones.

Agreed. I also question the need for new licenses.

I can publish my work with a note that says: "if you receive this work
before date X, it's cc-by-nc, and if it's after date X, it's
cc-by-sa". We don't need new licenses. At most, we need new deeds, if
at all.

Just two cents.

Javier Candeira