----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:41 pm Subject: Re: Open Content licenses
> Quoting Evan Prodromou ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I note that there's no current list of licenses made primarily for > > non-software works that follow the principles and spirit of Open > > Source software -- so-called "Open Content". > > You probably meant "...at the OSI Web site", but the above is part of > what my site's PerlHoo1[1] knowledgebase page on > http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Licensing_and_Law aims to cover. (Suggested > additions welcomed.) > > > I believe there are a number of Open Content licenses that would > > satisfy the Open Source Definition. Of particular interest to me are > > the Creative Commons licenses -- a suite of 11+ licenses with > > mix-and-match license elements for various uses. > > I've found this the most-useful entry point to the CC licence > smorgasbord, and link to it from my knowledgebase: > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ > > > I think that the following Creative Commons licenses could > satisfy the > > Open Source Definition: > > > > Attribution (BSD-like) > > Attribution-ShareAlike (GPL-like) > > ShareAlike (GPL-like) > > Concur. (You'll notice that I allow access to material subject to my > knowledgebase's compilation copyright using CC's Attribution- > ShareAlike1.0 licence.) > > [1] Neat CGI thing. |'ve improved it a bit, and released changes at > http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/apps/ > > > -- > license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3 > Hi all I am currently working on an essay on open content licenses as well as a lay person's guide to the various open content licenses currently available, I will make that available to the group the moment it is ready Lawrence Liang -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3