[Commons-l] Fwd: [cc-licenses] CC0 beta/discussion draft launch

[David Gerard]

On 16/01/2008, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hm, do we also have no interest in providing better (or even any)
> machine readability for our content?


Machine readability would be good. Note that CC-GFDL exists precisely for this.

Is CC0 actually any different from {{PD-self}} legally?


> Treating everything that comes out of CC like poison is as unuseful as
> treating everything that comes out of CC like gold. The question is:
> what would the benefits for Commons be? And  I see the answer as
> better machine readability and the general benefits that eventually
> come from standardisation. Not tomorrow, but if in a few years people
> go "oh yeah, CC-0, I'm familiar with that from X,Y & Z other sites"
> then... everyone benefits.


Creative Commons interests aren't identical to Wikimedia's, but Not
Invented Here is not a good reason to shun their work if it's useful.


- d.