On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Mike.lifeguard mike.lifeguard@gmail.com wrote:
But of course, one is supposed to know precisely /which/ free license is used...
Choose the most restrictive (AGPL3 for example). Then users themselves can also choose to release them under a more free license.
There might be some legal caveats though. Can you force users to release their work under a certain license by requiring that in the TOS? Can you change the TOS for existing users to force them to release new works under a certain license? And can you force users to retroactively license previously created works by changing that in the TOS? I would presume that 1) and 2) are possible, but I doubt 3). Ianal though.
Bryan