On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Simon Phipps <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Simon Phipps <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Suppose someone wants to take parts of >> >> the AOOo code, along with the associated documentation, and create an >> >> iPhone app from it. The ALv2 would permit them to do this with the >> >> source code, but CC-BY 3.0 would not allow the same for the >> >> documentation. Similarly, one could not take the documentation, add >> >> value to with additional content, and then sell it for $0.99 for the >> >> Amazon Kindle. >> >> >> > >> > Please can you explain why you believe this to be so? >> > >> >> "You may not impose any effective technological measures on the Work >> that restrict the ability of a recipient of the Work from You to >> exercise the rights granted to that recipient under the terms of the >> License." >> >> IANAL, but that was the clause that got attention on legal-discuss >> when reviewing CC-BY 3.0. >> >> > Ah, so Kindle-specific. Thanks. >
Not really. That is the consumer side of it, certainly. But the application of "sealed storage' goes far beyond consumer applications. For high security applications, for example, you might want to restrict access to applications and associated static data files. Interestingly today there are reports of the Australian Department of Defense doing a trial of OpenOffice.org They would probably disagree with any assertion that only book publishers have an interest in such "technological measures". > S. >
