Thread:Wording: (2)

Hi Kim,

Having scanned the license (admittedly in less detail than I would liked to, given my time contraints :-

Speaking in CC terms -- This would be a license which:


 * Drops the requirement for attribution (as in the early days of CC) plus
 * A requirement for open file formats :-)

I don't see that CC-BY is necessarily compatible -- because of the file formats. What if a user down the line saves the resource in a non-free format?

Candidly -- I don't licenses are effective tools to regulate intent. I would rather see everything in the public domain :-) -- but that's another complicated issue because many countries do not recognise the PD declaration in the national Copyright legislation. I see licenses as a pragmatic and necessary evil --- and that we can do far more in moving the world forward by walking the talk (as we both do.)

Thoughts?

W