On Wednesday 05 July 2006 22:49, Jacqueline McNally wrote: > "It is tempting to think that references to "open content" have a > meaning similar to those for "open source". It is equally tempting to > want to make use of 'open content' in an open source project. Do not > yield to temptation! > > Open content is a term devoid of any useful meaning. It is used to refer > to a broad range of licensing schemes, including Creative Commons (CC) > and AESharenet, which are overwhelmingly open source incompatible. Using > "open content" in an open source project is, in most cases, likely to > result in the project ceasing to be open source because of licence > restrictions on the content. The most popular of these restrictions is > the so called "noncommercial" restriction of the CC licences - a > discriminatory provision which is anathema to the open source > definition. Unfortunately there are other more subtle problems which may > render even apparently unobjectionable CC licences - such as BY > (Attribution) and BY-SA (Share Alike) - open source incompatible." > > Scott, B. (2006), Open to temptation [Online], Computerworld. Available > from: <http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=85211936> [6 July > 2006]. > > Regards > Jacqueline McNally > OOoCon2006 in Lyon (http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/) > > Are you a computer angel? (www.computerangels.org.au) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Isn't this really the same debate that occurs between proponents of GPL licenses vs. BSD licenses? At least as far as the NC restriction for the CCL. I would have liked to have seen Mr. Scott expand upon his contention that the CCL BY and SA restrictions of the CCL render them open source "incompatible". His article seems to be intended to throw FUD upon the term "open content" more than anything else given the vagueness of his arguments. -- Jeff Causey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
