Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam AT benfinney.id.au>]

heba <mat.r.gl AT gmail.com> writes:

> A contract is effective only all parties involved are known.

A copyright license is not a contract. It is a unilateral grant by the
copyright holder to another party; the party receiving the license does
not have to participate, be identified, or even be aware, they still get
the license on whatever terms the copyright holder specifies.

> The same is a license, proprietary or not, is a contract.

That's not my understanding. What gives you that impression?

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Ben Finney