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  • From: drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>
  • To: Development of Creative Commons licenses <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Use cases for cc by-sa compatibility with GPL
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:01:07 -0500

On Friday 20 January 2012 20:56:15 Anthony wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:00 PM, drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com> wrote:
> > I don't want my BY-SA works usable under the GPL in such a way that they
> > can be pulled out of a GPL program back into the original art/music space
> > and be under the gpl and not BY-SA.
> >
> > I want my BY-SA works to be usable alongside GPL code in some greater
> > work that is a hybrid of code and art. (Or some greater non-work?)
> >
> > This may take some fancy doing to achieve if it is even possible. So far
> > people assure me it is impossible but not in such a way that convinces me
> > they understand the possibilities I suggest.
>
> It is possible. But (to the extent the hybrid is a derivative work)
> it would require changes to the GPL, as well as to CC-BY-SA.

Yes it very well might and we need to get that ball rolling.

Could the 4.0+ by-sa be worded in such a way as to allow it to happen if and
when the (a|l)gpl makes the needed changes?

all the best,

drew





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