Delphine Ménard wrote:
So I agree that my work is still under the license I
chose to start
with, but in France, or Germany, I would probably have a case if I
said that I wanted my content to be taken away from a website which by
default adopted both licenses (the older and the newer one).
This does leave the question of the recourse I have if
some_evil_person decides to use the content I produced under the new
license and thus bar it from further modifications or on the contrary
gets rid of all restrictions. Doesn't it? I mean my work is then
spread out there under conditions I might not agree to.
As David Gerard puts it though, it's all small talk until someone goes
to court and wins. Interesting nonetheless.
This confusion is the story of
copyright. Few if any of the thorny
issues of international copyright law have been tested in the courts,
and that includes free licensing arrangements. The only point that
governments have effectively established is their total incompetence to
deal with the situation. Most of it won't ever get into the courts
anywhere unless some affluent vested interest is affected. Which should
we fault more for failing to foresee the internet, Queen Anne or Napoleon.
Ec