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  • From: Francesco Poli <invernomuto AT paranoici.org>
  • To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Compatibility open issue #4: vanity licenses
  • Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 19:09:15 +0200

On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:20:39 -0700 Kat Walsh wrote:

> The minimum compatibility criteria currently do not preclude “vanity
> licenses” from being named compatible.
[...]
> Because
> CC believes license proliferation is harmful to the commons, we may
> reconsider this policy if it increases license proliferation by
> encouraging others to create vanity licenses that may be deemed
> compatible.

I agree that license proliferation is really bad and my gut feeling is
strongly against "vanity licenses".
However, in some rare cases, fighting against a "vanity license" may be
counterproductive.

I would therefore recommend to decide on a case-by-case basis.


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