On 16/01/2008, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
So is it useful for us to add CC0 as a licence option equivalent to our "public domain or equivalent" (where, if public domain release is not possible, the work is licenced for use by anyone for any purpose)? How's the uptake of CC0?
If we added such an option, I imagine it would be to /replace/ PD-self, not as something alongside it. It seems like it could be a reasonable thing for us to do but I expect our legal heads to give it a once-over first.
As for uptake, it was literally launched a few months ago, so there is no uptake to speak of. The Open Clipart Library (OCAL) is planning to switch to it (they were previously using CC-PD, public domain dedication).
I am a bit confused as to how the second bit works, "providing a means by which any person can assert that there are no copyrights in a particular work, in a way that allows others to judge the reliability of that assertion." *imagines digg-style voting on PD justifications* mm... not quite.
cheers Brianna