Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Antoine Pitrou <solipsis AT pitrou.net>]

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:23:18 -0400
"P. J. McDermott" <pjm AT nac.net> wrote:
> 
> My rule of thumb regarding computer programs is that whatever one edits
> is what one should release.  For a program written in assembly, one
> would release the assembly source code.  For a program written in C, one
> would release the C source code, not assembly source generated by a
> compiler.  And to comply with the GNU GPL when distributing a work that
> is difficult to build and/or install, one could simply describe what
> he/she has done while using it.
> 
> Though I agree that the line is much more fuzzy regarding other works, I
> feel that a similar rule could be applied.  Whatever one edits – be it
> an image source file, a generated PNG image, video project files, a
> rendered video, etc. – is what one should release.

Indeed, and AFAIR the GPLv2 defines source code as “the preferred form
for modification”. Which is a nice generic definition which can be
adequately interpreted according to the field's best practices.

Regards

Antoine.