Am 15.06.2013 18:38, schrieb Nils Gey:
On Sat Jun 15 18:25:29 2013 hermann meyer
<brummer-(a)web.de> wrote:
Am 15.06.2013 17:47, schrieb Nils Gey:
On Sat Jun 15 17:01:05 2013 hermann meyer
<brummer-(a)web.de> wrote:
Hi
Did anyone here know if the GPL+ v2.0 /v3.0 is compatible with the
CC-BY v3.0 (unported)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
I only found here
http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Creative_Commons_Attribution_Share-Alikā¦
that the CC-BY-SA v3.0 is compatible, but no mention of the CC-BY
v3.0 My understanding is that the CC-BY v3.0 has less restrictions
then the CC-BY-SA version, but I'm a bit unsure.
Background: I would include some work which is under the CC-BY v3.0
to my project, which is under the GPL+ v2.0 (or later). I wouldn't
violate the DFSG, so I would make sure there is no issue at all when
I'm do so. The Author of the CC-BY v3.0 files is fine with my wishes.
any hints?
hermann
you can derive a version of the cc-by work, eveb with no
modifications. You just need to give it a different name and credit
the original author. Then you can change the license to a compatible
one. I suggest cc by sa since this adds GPL compatible copyleft.
Changes on your version need to be relicened as ccbysa then while the
original ccby version stays untouched.
This is a general principle: a work which is as freely licensed as cc
by, public domain or compatible can be relicensed as-is with a more
strict one.
Do you believe that it is needed to re-license it, I would prefer to
leave the license untouched, and include it "as it is", if possible.
My impression now, after reading all the posts about this theme on the
debian mailing list is, that they didn't make a difference between
cc-by-sa or just cc-by. They just mention the cc-by-sa on the wikki
page, because it is more restricted, but open enough.
Oh, what a hell, those license jungle. :-(
yes. That is possible. You can do
whatever you want with cc by except not giving credit.
My suggestion assumed you want to be able to modify things and thus are interested in
copyleft.
Well, no, there is no need to modify, and I would give credits, already
done on the project page, even if I didn't have upload the files to our
repository and will do in the about box as well, when I upload them.
I just was unsure what the license really mean, and if it is DFSGL
compatible. Now, after investigate some time in research, I know, that
the debain folks itself didn't know that for themselves, but the usual
practice is to accept cc-by since version 3.0 (2.5).
greets
hermann