[Foundation-l] RfC: A Free Content and Expression Definition

Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell at gmail.com
Tue May 2 16:35:10 UTC 2006


On 5/2/06, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> What about a corporate logo released under the ND license, and only
> the ND license?  What about a cartoon character released under the ND
> license, and only the ND licence?  What about a movie poster, or a
> magazine cover, or a painting, or a clip from a DVD?  Pretty much any
> image under the ND license, when you are talking about that image
> itself, and not the thing depicted by the image.
>
> Anyway, we should be talking about principles here, not specific
> examples.  The ND license itself isn't even the point, as it's only an
> example.

Show me a case where we can get an ND license, but the prospect of
getting a free license are zero,  show me cases where accepting an ND
license wouldn't hurt our ability to obtain a free license.

Until then you're just blowing smoke.



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