Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
I know all about the old BSD license and the problems with it, that is why I am in a quandary about this. I am creating projects that anyone could download and set up and, if released under the GPL, claim complete credit for. So I am thinking of releasing them under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
creative commons is not directly intended to be used for source code, but actually i'd say because it's an art projects, it's a good idea to use it here.
i actually plan to do the same.
So my particular question lies is trying to figure out what harm will come of releasing art code with an Attribution clause. > I believe that some harm is inevitable, but I think it my be a necessary comprimise.
well what harm? interaction? or rights? it depends on how you want others to use that code art/art code.
creative commons gives the artist more autonomy of decision, but open source licenses give you possibly more and less canalized interaction with other artists.
.hc
hmm i think i'd be interested in a art code/code art mailinglist if something like that is out there ...
has anyone of you read Andreas Leo Findeisen s speach from the Ars Electronica?
regards, michael