CC-BY : "clarification letter" ?

[Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>]

Hello all,

I just had a thought, regarding the CC-BY license. It looks like the 
license is "essentially free", except that there are some vague points 
that would allow it to be misused.

Can this be fixed by just adding a "clarification letter"? What I mean is, 
I publish something using the CC-BY license, and I attach a letter to 
clarify how I read the license.

The letter could just clarify that (1) the author names don't have to 
be prominent, (2) the license does not interfere with fair-use rights 
(e.g. quoting you on a bibliography) and (3) CC is not a party to the 
license.

It seems like a simple and expedient solution.

How would you feel about that?

Cheers,
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