On Jul 14, 2007, at 11:41 AM, David Gerard wrote:
On 14/07/07, Fruggo <fruggo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Maybe under UK law it is possible to waive moral
rights, but under
Dutch law
it isn't.
The restrictions those inalienable moral rights place on what you
can do
with the work aren't any different from the restrictions Dutch
(and other
countries) laws place on the use of the work.
However, the wording of the licenses appears to place usage
restrictions upon the works in countries where those laws do not
apply.
So I can tell you, having conferred with everyone involved, that this
is absolutely NOT the intention.
I am on the board of creative commons and thus privy to the
discussions. I think there is a clumsy wording here that needs to be
clarified for non lawyers, but all the lawyers say the same thing: no
additional moral rights in countries where those laws do not apply.
I am working to get a clear statement and clarification on this. We
can be annoyed if there is an ambiguity, but rest assured: the
intention is 100% pure here, as far as I understand it.
--Jimbo