Re: creative commons
On 01/11/07 12:27, Francesco Poli wrote:
> You seem to be happy with free programs whose documentation is non-free.
Well now, I'm not like that. It's not up to me if the authors choose a
NC clause. It's at least allows PDF's to be sent and people that can't
afford to purchase a physical book can at least have access to the
book. If I had to choose between an author using a completely closed
license vs a CC with NC one, I'd choose the latter. That doesn't mean
I'm what's stated above.
> I don't think it would make sense to separate legal issues from freeness
> ones.
Well, it's important for when you have to deal with the lawyers.
> Why? Because they are often intertwined together: you cannot be sure
> the important freedoms are granted, if you don't take the legal context
> into account.
I'm not sure I follow you here. I think I'm stuck in my own head
thinking about times when paying $500/hour that the last thing I'd
want to enter into is an endless debate about the "freeness" of
anything. Usually, you want to get in there, focus on the law and the
facts and get out. Not that I don't like talking to lawyers :)
Jeff
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