My brain get confused when people use creative commons licenses for software.
What exactly do they apply to - the use of the software, or the distribution of the software in executable form? Theres no sourcecode to have a license for, so I guess it cant be for that? If it applies to redistributing the fireant application installation files, I guess it makes total sense. It means you arent allowed to mess with it, you arent allowed to profit from redistributing it, and you have to credit the developers? But if it applies to actual use of the software, it doesnt clarify things for me. It would mean I could not use fireant commercially. Does this mean I could not use it as part of an interactive art installation for example? Or if my profession were some kind of videoblog pundit, would me viewing videoblogs with it constitute commercial use? I think I read once that creative commons themselves did not recommend using their licenses for software, but I may be out of date on that one. Final confusion: fireant websites creative commons license is different to what you said, it says you are free to make derivative works! Is that an error, or just the license for the website? Sorry for the questions. Steve of Elbows --- In [email protected], Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FireANT is "freeware" (license unknown) > > I/ON is "freeware" (license unknown) > > DTV is GPL'd > > PenguinTV is GPL'd > > > FireANT is licensed under Creative Commons (by attribution - > non-commerical - no derivatives) > I/ON is GPL: < http://openvision.tv/home/source.html > > > -Josh ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
