<quote who="Nelson Pavlosky" date="Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 11:37:02PM -0800">
> Last time we discussed this issue, we came to the conclusion that we 
> should use a simple Attribution license, and avoid all of the 
> incompatibility issues between by-nc-sa and by-sa.  Does that still make 
> sense?

I think the more permissive the license is, the better. In other words,
BY or BY-SA would both be great.

> Do the benefits of viral licensing now outweigh the compatibility
> costs?

It's a tactical decision that should be based on what you think will
maximize freedom for users and creators. In this case, I tend to think
that the benefits (and the statement that using a SA license makes)
outweight the costs to compatibility. But that's just my opinion.

> P.S.  We are currently using the GFDL on our wiki.

I am not holding my breath for compatibility. The will certainly seems
to be there from the CC side but for real bi-directional compatibility,
we need buy-in from the FSF as well. I've heard folks there say they
think it would be nice but not have heard anything like the type of
committment that we've heard from Lessig et al. Perhaps I just missed
it. Too bad really, because compatibility would be great.

Regards,
Mako


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Benjamin Mako Hill
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Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so
far as society is free to use the results. --RMS
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