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CC:BY ... lost in translation?
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 2006-11-14 09:06:12 

  


  

    On 11/13/06, Michael Tiemann < tiemannredhat.com">tiemannredhat.com> wrote:

The text of the CC:BY 2.5 license deed (simplified text) says:

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;   ;Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified
  ; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;by the author or licensor.

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[ From 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ ]

This is much more broad than what the underlying legal code actually
says, permits, or requires.&nbsp; For example: say I'm the CEO of FUBAR Inc.
I offer a software package under CC:BY, and the manner of attribution I

specify is "whenever you use this software, you must wear a FUBAR T-
shirt over your regular shirt.

That's not true. It says that work  based on the work licensed under CC:BY needs to be credited/attributed to the original creator. 


I guess your example doesn't fit into that, because you can't force someone to do something while using the work, but only if someone makes a derivative version. 


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Pascal Muller

  

  
  
   
     
    






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