[WikiEN-l] When Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 license makes sense

[Mark Gallagher]

G'day Anthony,

> On 3/14/06, Justin Cormack <justin at specialbusservice.com> wrote:
>>Its not clear that you could even resize a CC-ND image under the
>>license...
> 
> I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to resize using standard html
> commands.  There's no permanence to the image created, so it's not a
> derivative work.  What would be the fixed "size" of the image anyway? 
> Numbers measured in pixels?  I'd say there's no way such a resizing
> would be protected.

Just a point ... there's no such thing as "html commands".

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> So maybe it's a matter of balance.  If CC-ND were allowed, how many
> additional images would be available?  How much more free access to
> the sum of all human knowledge would be given?  Maybe the best way to
> answer the question would be to run an experiment.  Temporarily allow
> such images for a month or so.

There's a certain feeling in the air ... the people are whispering ... 
it's Wikipedia Experiment Season again!


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Mark Gallagher
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