Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Paul Keller <pk AT kl.nl>]

On 27 Aug 2012, at 19:54, drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com> wrote:

> On Monday 27 August 2012 13:36:42 Paul Keller wrote:
>> i guess the omission of these tow paragraphs did give the impression that i
>> was simply ignoring what your are calling unknown third party rights (or
>> accidental inclusion of third party rights in the language of my original
>> post). So what i have tried to propose with this mail really is a
>> rebalancing along the lines of the last sentence. does this make more
>> sense? (and sorry again for creating this confusion in the first place)
>> /paul
> 
> Can you think of some initial wording to that end?

well i am not necessarily good at drafting. i think the language suggested by 
Gregor earlier in this thread could be a good start (the words in brackets 
are my addition): 

> "Where the licensor is aware of third-party rights to a work [that are not 
> covered by this license], it is the responsibility of the licensor to 
> document such rights in such a way that the limitations of the license 
> remain visible to potential licensees. The licensor can, however, not be 
> made responsible for any third party rights she or he is not aware of."

best, paul