Re: [AMC-List] Copyright/copyleft/GNU license? (pertaining to AMC info files)

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

I was thinking first of the Creative Commons licenses. They have
an interactive website that lets you customize legal copyright
boilerplate to achieve various ends.

As an example, I assume Steve would like to retain copyright
control over the work (note) but allow others to modify/add to
it, and to prevent commercial resale of the entire work without
his permission. JUST AN EXAMPLE.

There are also the various GNU licenses, but CC is easier to
use for this.


It came up with this sample:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/

(Crappy summary here)

Creative Commons Deed

Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5

You are free:

    * to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
    * to make derivative works

Under the following conditions:
    * by Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner
      specified by the author or licensor.

    * Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial
      purposes.

    * For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to
    others the license terms of this work.

    * Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission
    from the copyright holder.

Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by
the above.

This is a human-readable summary of the Legal Code (LINK TO
the full license).  Disclaimer LINK TO disclaimer


I used this site to create it:

http://creativecommons.org/text/publish-website

This is the home page:

http://creativecommons.org

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