Creative Commons - Revision history

142.177.12.83: fix links

2004-09-28T16:43:22Z

fix links

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	The '''Creative Commons''' [[parametric license]] regime is a more flexible alternative to [[GFDL]]. Its [[nonprofit]] [http://creativecommons.org .org] was founded by [[Lawrence Lessig]] which attempts to:		The '''Creative Commons''' [[parametric license]] regime is a more flexible alternative to [[GFDL]]. Its [[nonprofit]] [http://creativecommons.org .org] was founded by [[Lawrence Lessig]] which attempts to:

	*advocate for rights of creators to share their work with each other - without the strict requirements or flaws of [[Open Source]] which many creators reject		*advocate for rights of creators to share their work with each other - without the strict requirements or [[problems with free software and open source models\|flaws]] of [[Open Source]] which many creators reject
	*provide a [[parametric license]] with predictable terms to simplify use of works by others, similar to what prevails in the music industry where there is no need to seek specific permission for certain types of pre-cleared uses (though Creative Commons does not at present have a royalty handling system and deals only with free use)		*provide a [[parametric license]] with predictable terms to simplify use of works by others, similar to what prevails in the music industry where there is no need to seek specific permission for certain types of pre-cleared uses (though Creative Commons does not at present have a royalty handling system and deals only with free use)
	*define exact legal [[Share Alike]] terms to encourage [[share-alike]] that goes beyond [[free software]] and extends into music, writing, reporting and arts		*define exact legal [[Share Alike]] terms to encourage [[share-alike]] that goes beyond [[free software]] and extends into music, writing, reporting and arts
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	=== beyond GFDL ===		=== beyond GFDL ===

	There are serious problems with the [[GFDL]] and especially its [[~~Wikimedia~~ violates GFDL\|extreme bad-faith interpretation by Wikimedia]] which has so twisted the license's intent as to put all of [[Wikipedia]] in public domain.		There are serious problems with the [[GFDL]] and especially its [[Wikipedia violates GFDL\|extreme bad-faith interpretation]] by [[Wikimedia corruption\|the highly questionable Wikimedia]] "Foundation" which has so twisted the license's intent as to put all of [[Wikipedia]] in public domain, and confiscate what the [[GFDL Corpus]] contributors believed they were putting in FSF's hands - not Wikimedia's. Accordingly it is time to look for licenses beyond GFDL, and the '''CC-by-sa''' is one of the very first considered, e.g. by [[Wikitravel]].

	The [[Green Documentation License]] expected to be a [[Consumerium License]] may actually fit within the parametric options that the CC license provides. Thus, the GDL would be a CC license, but it would not be the [[GFDL]] license. Talks are ongoing to dual license most of the [[GFDL text corpus]] under something that might end up as a variant of the [[CC by-sa]] license, which is the most useful [[consortium license]] - requiring [[attribution]] and [[share-alike]], with possibly additional terms to deal with [[moral rights]], which the [[Front-Cover Text]]s, [[Back-Cover Text]]s, [[Secondary Section]] and [[Invariant Section]]s are supposed to help express (though some claim that they do so imperfectly).		The [[Green Documentation License]] expected to be a [[Consumerium License]] may actually fit within the parametric options that the CC license provides. Thus, the GDL would be a CC license, but it would not be the [[GFDL]] license. Talks are ongoing to dual license most of the [[GFDL text corpus]] under something that might end up as a variant of the [[CC by-sa]] license, which is the most useful [[consortium license]] - requiring [[attribution]] and [[share-alike]], with possibly additional terms to deal with [[moral rights]], which the [[Front-Cover Text]]s, [[Back-Cover Text]]s, [[Secondary Section]] and [[Invariant Section]]s are supposed to help express (though some claim that they do so imperfectly).

142.177.12.83: much more on what Creative Commons is - from Disinfopedia article

2004-09-28T16:39:08Z

much more on what Creative Commons is - from Disinfopedia article

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-The '''Creative Commons''' [[parametric license]] regime is a more flexible alternative to [[GFDL]].
+The '''Creative Commons''' [[parametric license]] regime is a more flexible alternative to [[GFDL]].  Its [[nonprofit]] [http://creativecommons.org .org] was founded by [[Lawrence Lessig]] which attempts to:
 The [[Green Documentation License]] expected to be a [[Consumerium License]] may actually fit within the parametric options that the CC license provides.  Thus, the GDL would *be* a CC license, but it would not be the [[GFDL]] license.  Talks are ongoing to dual license most of the [[GFDL text corpus]] under something that might end up as a variant of the [[CC by-sa]] license, which is the most useful [[consortium license]] - requiring [[attribution]] and [[share-alike]], with possibly additional terms to deal with [[moral rights]], which the [[Front-Cover Text]]s, [[Back-Cover Text]]s, [[Secondary Section]] and [[Invariant Section]]s are supposed to help express (though some claim that they do so imperfectly).
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 See [[faction license]] for a proposal to optimize the flexibility of this.
-== External link ==
+== External links ==
-http://zesty.ca/cc.html - pros and cons
+*http://creativecommons.org

142.177.99.8 at 06:25, 29 February 2004

2004-02-29T06:25:26Z

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	The '''Creative Commons''' [[parametric license]] regime is a more flexible alternative to [[GFDL]].		The '''Creative Commons''' [[parametric license]] regime is a more flexible alternative to [[GFDL]].

	The [[Green Documentation License]] expected to be a [[Consumerium License]] may actually fit within the parametric options that the CC license provides. Thus, the GDL would be a CC license, but it would not be a GFDL license.		The [[Green Documentation License]] expected to be a [[Consumerium License]] may actually fit within the parametric options that the CC license provides. Thus, the GDL would be a CC license, but it would not be the [[GFDL]] license. Talks are ongoing to dual license most of the [[GFDL text corpus]] under something that might end up as a variant of the [[CC by-sa]] license, which is the most useful [[consortium license]] - requiring [[attribution]] and [[share-alike]], with possibly additional terms to deal with [[moral rights]], which the [[Front-Cover Text]]s, [[Back-Cover Text]]s, [[Secondary Section]] and [[Invariant Section]]s are supposed to help express (though some claim that they do so imperfectly).

	It is also possible that the GDL could simply require certain Invariant Sections and other Secondary Sections and citation in full, which might actually be possible under the [[GFDL]] or some future variation of it. By permitting these, the GFDL is in ~~effective~~ also a [[parametric license]]~~, but, there~~ are ~~ideologists who oppose this~~, ~~and will probably destroy~~ the ~~integrity~~ of the GFDL ~~regime in the long term by demanding that everything "be free"~~, ~~meaning~~, ~~you can change "X is a Nazi" to "X is not a Nazi"~~ and ~~no one who was involved in exposing X as a Nazi can even object~~. ~~This is, in a word, stupid~~.		It is also possible that the GDL could simply require certain Invariant Sections and other Secondary Sections and citation in full, which might actually be possible under the [[GFDL]] or some future variation of it. By permitting these, the GFDL is in effectively also a [[parametric license]] if these capabilities are used in certain ways, especially to reinforce moral rights - such as to add a non-deletable statement that the work is not to be used in some way. Note that most of the [[GFDL text corpus]] does not have such moral rights expressions within it, and [[mediawiki]] does not support managing them, though nothing prevents other users from picking up texts and adding such terms. Their expressed desires would only apply to their own texts of course.

	It's possible that all three licenses will specify terms under which material licensed to one can be released under the others. The Green regime would be the most restrictive, and probably sufficient for Consumerium. If not the even more restrictive [[Consumerium Software License]] could be applied by [[CGO]].		There are ideologists who oppose even the simple moral rights terms of the GFDL, and will probably destroy the integrity of the GFDL regime in the long term by demanding that everything "be free", meaning, you can change "X is a Nazi" to "X is not a Nazi" and no one who was involved in exposing X as a Nazi can even object. This is, in a word, stupid. But so are many [[free software]] aficionados, most of whom don't actually write any useful code.

			It's possible that all three licenses (GPL, GFDL, and GDL) will specify terms under which material licensed to one can be released under the others. The Green regime would be the most restrictive, and probably sufficient for Consumerium. If not then the even more restrictive [[Consumerium Software License]] could be applied by [[CGO]] to our work, or, we could propose a new '''Creative Commons''' license to deal with the messy situation above.

			See [[faction license]] for a proposal to optimize the flexibility of this.

	== External link ==		== External link ==

	http://creativecommons.org		http://creativecommons.org

			http://zesty.ca/cc.html - pros and cons

142.177.97.132: noting this regime

2003-11-20T21:35:22Z

noting this regime

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The '''Creative Commons''' [[parametric license]] regime is a more flexible alternative to [[GFDL]].

The [[Green Documentation License]] expected to be a [[Consumerium License]] may actually fit within the parametric options that the CC license provides. Thus, the GDL would *be* a CC license, but it would not be a GFDL license.

It is also possible that the GDL could simply require certain Invariant Sections and other Secondary Sections and citation in full, which might actually be possible under the [[GFDL]] or some future variation of it. By permitting these, the GFDL is in effective also a [[parametric license]], but, there are ideologists who oppose this, and will probably destroy the integrity of the GFDL regime in the long term by demanding that everything "be free", meaning, you can change "X is a Nazi" to "X is not a Nazi" and no one who was involved in exposing X as a Nazi can even object. This is, in a word, stupid.

It's possible that all three licenses will specify terms under which material licensed to one can be released under the others. The Green regime would be the most restrictive, and probably sufficient for Consumerium. If not the even more restrictive [[Consumerium Software License]] could be applied by [[CGO]].

== External link ==

http://creativecommons.org