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

[geni]

On 7/14/07, Joichi Ito <jito at neoteny.com> wrote:
> > The important phrase "except otherwise permitted by applicable law"
> > refers to every jurisdiction, whether moral rights exist or not.
> > This means, that in a jurisdiction, where moral rights do exist,
> > this whole sentence is dispensable, because the applicable law does
> > not permit anything else, meaning we have to respect moral rights
> > (and in particular the moral right of integrity), meaning the
> > licensee is not allowed to "distort, mutilate, modify or take any
> > other derogatory action in relation to the work which would be
> > prejudicial to the original authors honor or reputation" - whether
> > we like it or not.
> >

This argument breaks down when you consider those countries where
moral rights can be waived.

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geni