Development of Creative Commons licenses

[David Chart <bydosa AT davidchart.com>]

On 2012/04/13, at 3:14, Gregory Maxwell wrote:

> When you combine the works you'd distribute the result under CC-By-SA.
> 
> I don't see how the prohibition on DRM terms which would moot the
> requirements of the license adds any complication to this case.

I'm not sure "complication" is quite the right word, but if you made a 
derivative book and thought you could distribute your work commercially, 
discovering that you couldn't use any of the major online bookstores would be 
quite a shock.

A blanket ban on using CC-BY-SA material on about half of the smart phones in 
operation might also puzzle people. (Maybe more; there might be some versions 
of Android with DRM as well.)

I agree with Francesco on this point. You should be allowed to distribute 
with DRM if you also distribute an unprotected version. That way people do 
have the ability to make modifications, and you have the ability to 
distribute on any platform.

-- 
David Chart
http://www.davidchart.com/