[Foundation-l] Citizendium License (Was: [EWW] EditWikipediaWeek)

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Wed Nov 21 17:45:48 UTC 2007


On 21/11/2007, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2007 7:09 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > If that author puts their stuff under the PD (standing for Public
> > > Domain, I believe) then you can do anything with it that you wish.
> > > Correct me if I'm wrong. ~~~~
> >
> > Depends on the jurisdiction, I believe - "moral rights" and all that.
>
> Not relevant to CC-BY, as moral rights are all more restrictive than CC-BY.
> I have to say the idea of having to jump hoops to "bring" PD content back
> to a CC-BY restricted license sounds very very bass-ackward to me.

The key thing with moral rights is that you often can't waive them, so
they apply to everything, including both PD and CC-BY, so what you're
saying doesn't make sense. Moral rights can't be more restrictive than
CC-BY, since they apply to CC-BY just as with any other license.



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