Thank You Prodomos for your quick response. Do you know how the CC_BY_SA relates to derivative works? And how does the LGPL compare here?
Marco On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Prodromos Tsiavos <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Marco, > > This will depend on the range of uses you envisage for the CIDOC CRM OWL and > RDF files. > > If you wish them to be freely copied and transformed, then the > CC_Attribution_ShareAlike element is perfect. Mind you that people will be > able to use them commercially and make commercial adaptations as well. If > you don't wish commercial applications, you will need to add the > NonCommercial (NC) element. > > In the case you want to allow adaptations (which I would intuitively suggest > you should), my suggestion is NOT to include the NC element, as it would > limit the interoperability of the documents with other OWLs or RDFs licensed > under the GFDL licence (GFDL is only compatible with CC_BY_SA v.3.0. Btw, > this compatibility has only been achieved earlier this week and has been a > major breakthrough for open/ copyleft licensing). > > Also, all CC licences have the requirement of attribution. To facilitate > compliance, it would be nice if you could provide some guidance to potential > users of the files (e.g. if you wish some sort of reference to CIDOC or the > specific authors of the OWL and RDFs you will need to include them in the > pdf file or the web-page where they are to be downloaded from). > > Finally, please ensure (a) you do not impose any copy restrictions on the > relevant pdf documents and (b) that you use the CC_BY_SA v. 3.0 and NOT the > 2.0 where the link is from. Version 3.0 of the licences takes better care of > the attribution provisions, contains non-endorsement clauses, takes care of > neighbouring rights and is compatible with the GFDL licences. The URL for > v.3.0 CC_BY_SA is: > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ > > Well, that's my two cents :) > > Hope you finally release it under one of the CC licences. > > With best wishes, > Prodromos > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Neumann" <[email protected]> > To: "crm-sig" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 6:18 PM > Subject: CIDOC CRM License proposal: "Creative Commons : Attribution-Share > Alike 3.0 Unported" > > >> Dear CIDOC CRM SIG members and associated groups, >> >> As discussed today in the CIDOC CRM SIG session we consider the >> possibility of adopting the "Creative Commons : Attribution-Share >> Alike 3.0 Unported" license for publishing the CIDOC CRM OWL and RDFS >> files on the web. >> >> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ >> >> Is this a good license choice to protect the intellectual property of >> the CIDOC CRM SIG and at the same time stimulate the adoption in the >> community and on the Web? >> >> Best, >> Marco >> >> >> >> >> Marco Neumann >> KONA >> New York, NY 10010 > > > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic > communications disclaimer: > http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm >
