Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Gisle Hannemyr <gisle AT ifi.uio.no>]

On 2014-02-13 21:00, Kat Walsh wrote:
> There hasn't been much feedback or interest expressed on this--none
> public, and only a small amount from those we've spoken to outside the
> lists.

I did read through the material but didn't comment because I regarded
none of the nine points as as uncontroversial.

> We're hesitant to make a public commitment to our license
> community, particularly on points where there may be dispute or where
> clarification is needed, if there isn't interest and participation. We
> did receive some internal input that it would perhaps be better
> reworked as something not specific to the ShareAlike licenses and
> compatibility, but rather to our versioning process in general, and we
> are considering that as a better option.
>
> If this statement isn't accomplishing its intended goals in its
> current form, or at least not as a part of working toward license
> compatibility with licenses outside the CC suite, we think the best
> option is to put this aside to be reworked in the future as something
> more general. However, this decision is not yet final, and we welcome
> feedback on both the statement itself and CC's course of action.

It is probably a good idea to rework this into a more general statement
covering the versioning process and license compatibility.  It may be
confusing to the general public if there are to be multiple statements
of intent (each covering different license clause or license).


While SA is particular important because it propagates into downstream
adaptaions and remixes, statements of intent regarding versioning
listed should (IMHO) apply to versioning of all six licenses.

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