[LINK] Creative Commons

[Roger Clarke]

>On 3/07/11 6:50 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>>  Why Creative Commons ..
>>    <http://thepowerofopen.org>

At 18:55 +1000 3/7/11, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
>I really dislike it when organisations I might agree with (broadly; I
retain some objections to the CC license not relevant here) resort to
promotional techniques I don't agree with ...
>The "success stories" approach to PR is fundamentally dishonest no
>matter who is employing it. It ignores the people for whom a particular
>approach might *not* work, for some reason; it glosses over problems and
>difficulties; it deliberately paints a one-sided view.

If the *book* glosses over the complexities, I'd be concerned too.

But when you're giving new impetus to a movement, in 1 page of A4, 
you have to focus on the key points, and hence can give little space 
to the all of the other aspects of the matter.

And this para. does (quietly) acknowledge that liberal licensing 
isn't, and doesn't need to be, the whole answer:
>>  As we look ahead, the field of openness is approaching a critical mass of
>>  adoption that could result in sharing becoming **a default standard**
>>  for the many works that were previously made available only under
>>  the all-rights-reserved framework.  [Emphasis added]

Declaration:  A big majority of my material is available under the 
*least* liberal of the CC licences (the least liberal precisely 
because of those complexities);  and my consultancy reports are 
either never subject to such a licence or not for some time after 
they've been completed.

P.S.  Richard, if your concerns about the set of CC licences revolve 
around how a freelance journo / stringer / reputed blogger (or, say, 
sports photographer) can make a living from their work, I reckon link 
is exactly the right list to float what's wrong, and what might be 
done to create an appropriate CC (or other) licence that addresses 
those needs.


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