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Re: [cc-licenses] 912 emails about DRM

From: Anthony <osm AT inbox.org>
To: Development of Creative Commons licenses <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] 912 emails about DRM
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:24:20 -0400

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 5:42 AM, David Chart <bydosa AT davidchart.com> 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.

But CC-BY-SA doesn't require for it to be *easy* to make
modifications. It only requires that it be *legal* to make
modifications.

If you want to require the ability to easily make modifications, you
need a source code requirement. And that, in my opinion, is the job
for a different license.

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