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Le 26 Avril 2004 06:02, martin pichlmair a écrit :
first of all you are not alone with your aversion: the big run on CC licenses did not start - there has to be a reason, since it is a very well marketed license. at least in austria, some important privacy/free software related groups do not trust it.
Which groups? What are their reasons?
another point: except for japanese jurisdiction, the licenses have not been adapted to national laws.
That's good news from Japan, but it doesn't prove that the GPL is invalid elsewhere; it was carefully crafted to not require adaptation to national laws.
in fact i am quite sure that they aren't worth anything in europe. there have been some cases proving that GPL is valid in germany -
Most people don't go to court when violating the GPL, because it's difficult to win against it; the NetFilter vs Sitecom case is a good example.
yet it took many years and thousands of files licensed under it to make it "established law" - the situation is different with CC.
I don't see much differences since the CC promote the use of free licenses. Are you suggesting to wait many years before using the CC licenses?
but maybe it is better to chose a CC license than any more obscure or no at all or an inapplicable (like GPL afaik).
The GPL is very simple: it makes any user not respecting it a counterfeiter. It might be difficult to understand (like most licenses), but not to apply.
Marc