[Commons-l] CC by 3.0 not allowed on Commons?

[Fruggo]

I do realise the notion of rejecting Dutch pictures seems absurd but might
be too realistic (so, no, I didn't mean it as a reductio ad absurdum, well,
at least for 90% I didn't). And the most scary thing is that it doesn't just
apply to pictures: if we consider 3.0 to be unfree, that means that Dutch
copyright law is unfree and incompatible with free licenses, what doesn't
just mean that Dutch pictures are unfree but also Dutch texts, which means
that the Dutch Wikipedia cannot exist :S

(please tell me I'm on the wrong track here)

-Fruggo

On 7/14/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 14/07/07, Fruggo <fruggo at 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.
>
> If this is not the case, I eagerly await Joichi's clarification and
> explanation, as noted.
>
>
> > If those restrictions are the
> > reason to not accept 3.0, than we shouldn't accept any "free" pictures
> from
> > the Netherlands (and other countries), since the moral rights connected
> to
> > these "free" pictures can never be waived.
>
>
> You may think you're presenting that as a reductio ad absurdum, but
> this is actually a serious possibility.
>
>
> - d.
>
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