Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Rob Myers <rob AT robmyers.org>]

On 04/13/2012 05:12 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> >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.

The only "you" who needs and will benefit from this power are DRM 
platform vendors.

Who are not helping individuals to modify *or* to distribute the work.

> This clause can even cause me to break the law without noticing: If I
> have a DRM-free version of a book and send it to my Kindle device via
> the mail option Amazon gives me, the book will arrive back to me
> DRM-encumbered. If I lend my physical Kindle to somebody, I would be
> distributing a DRM-encumbered version of a book (for which there
> presumably is a DRM-free version available).

Even if it was the case that the Kindle applied DRM to your personal 
copy of the ebook, you are not distributing it. So the TPM ban doesn't 
apply.

- Rob.