I just noticed Keith's query re CC "What I'd like to know is, what's the difference between releasing a program/work under the "usual" CC license, as opposed to using the Maltese one?"
Copyright is territorial, so a person from Malta who licenses his/her content under a Maltese CC license could bring someone who violates the license to court in Malta. Therefore the national (e.g. Maltese) licenses have to be adapted to the local jurisdiction, in order to be fully valid. Often, the national licenses have a further advantage as they are in the respective national language, but this probably not very relevant to Malta. Hope this clarifies the matter. _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of pierre jean Sent: 08 February 2006 09:42 To: Malta Linux User Group - general list Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Creative commons in Malta Hello, I thank you for your mail. However, i would want to know if you can make arrangements for our two members to participate. Would await your urgent correspondence Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In relation to the visit of Lawrence Lessig, here is an article which he just got published in the financial times which some might find interesting: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d55dfe52-77d2-11da-9670-0000779e2340.html On 1/11/06, Keith Vassallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: That's great! It's good that Malta is one of the countries participating in this effort, thanks to PIM. What I'd like to know is, what's the difference between releasing a program/work under the "usual" CC license, as opposed to using the Maltese one? Keith Brian Restall (Onvol) wrote: > > Just wanted to inform the MLUG that PiM has managed to port the > Creative Commons licenses to Malta > http://creativecommons.org/worldwide/mt/ <http://creativecommons.org/worldwide/mt/> > > We are inviting your members to join us in the public discussion about > this effort. http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-mt/ <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-mt/> > > As an aside we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting > Lawrence Lessig http://www.lessig.org/ to launch CC in Malta on the > 8th April 2006. > > Thks > Brian > > > ____________________ > > Brian Restall > Projects in Motion > http://www.pim.com.mt <http://www.pim.com.mt/> < <http://www.pim.com.mt/> http://www.pim.com.mt/> > > Tel: +356 9984 7540 > Fax: +356 2142 0852 > ____________________ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _____ <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/photos/*http://uk.photos.ya hoo.com/> Yahoo! Photos - NEW, now offering a quality <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/photos/*http://uk.photos.ya hoo.com/> print service from just 8p a photo.
