I've made a new version of the Creative Commons license summary available here: http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary.html http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary.txt This version has the following changes since version 3: * Changed "definition" to "criteria" per Francesco Poli. * Changed "1 million works" to "many works", and note that estimates range from tens of thousands to tens of millions. * Tried to modify the language for explaining why the anti-DRM clause and the trademark restrictions make it hard to call works available under this license Free. This is in response to Mako's critique, who should probably review. * Gave a reference for a CC representative stating that the trademark restrictions are not part of the license. This is one mailing-list post from July 2004; I'd be interested in seeing more. * Modified the recommendation for the anti-DRM clause per Henning Makholm. I used the language I posted, not Henri Sivonen's, in that I thought the one I used was closer to the original language of the license. This still doesn't address Henning's concerns about making personal archive copies, but I think that falls out of scope of "distribution". I did not do any of these things: * Drop any of the objections. * Rank any of the objections, or mark any "optional" or "non-normative" or something like that. * Add any clarifying reference stating which technologies would be acceptable and which unacceptable for the anti-DRM clause. I haven't been able to find any such clarification on the Web. If someone else can find such a clarification, I'd appreciate it. Comments are welcome. Barring major objections, I would like to see this version posted at http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/ . ~Evan -- Evan Prodromou evan@bad.dynu.ca
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