Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab AT web.de>]

Am Donnerstag, 1. Mai 2014, 17:59:19 schrieb Kat Walsh:
> The ones who aren't just going ahead are
> generally more legally conservative, concerned about legal risk if all
> the details aren't just right.

To me this is about not having an open flank. If I used projects under GPL 
and BY-SA together, then someone could try to bring down my whole project by 
doing a small contribution to one of the other projects and then wait until I 
include that contribution and release a new version. Then he or she could sue 
me on copyright violation.

A single person who hates me is enough for that. And since I also write 
political texts and have a pretty strong opinion on free culture, I’m pretty 
sure that there are already people who really want to see me fall (a few 
weeks ago I told someone in a heated discussion that in my moral code unfree 
licensing is similar to forcing your fans to wear shackles whenever they 
experience or even just remember your creation…).

That is why I have to stay on strong legal ground. I cannot just hope that 
every single person who gets my works will be nice to me. Note that this is 
much different from thinking that 90% of people are fair and nice. Even if 
99.999% of people loved me, a single person who hates me would suffice to get 
me into deep trouble if I did not take care with copyright.

Best wishes,
Arne
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