On 11/21/06, David Monniaux David.Monniaux@free.fr wrote:
Bah. I'm proposing them CC-BY-SA as a solution. Though the license is deemed "free", the -SA clause probably precludes most uses in advertisement. (If it's not sufficient, I'll propose GFDL, which we consider "free" even though it de facto prohibits many uses, e.g. postcards.)
You could probably manage a GFDL postcard from a couple of different angles.
#You could have a funny postcard which folds out with the license in small print. ;) .. Okay, only good for making fun of the GFDL.
#You could recognize that the protected acts that the GFDL controls are acts which are exclusive rights of the copyright holder: copying, *public performance*, derivative works... and then sell your GFDLed postcards in a package which provides N postcards, 1 copy of the GFDL, and where the postcards themselves do not include the GFDL. Buyers of the cards can now send out the postcards without the GFDL because since they are not executing any of the protected rights, they need not even read the GFDL, it doesn't matter what it says.
Really I think the idea of licenses that make some kinds of uses impossible are bad, while making some kinds of use somewhat less easy can be acceptable. GFDL actually prohibits far less then some folks involved with our projects think (heck, many people think that if you put a dozen GFDL images in a book then the book must have a dozen copies of the GFDL!).... and this may become more clear in future versions of the GFDL, so be sure to keep your eyes on the draft process.