[Tmpcommonsnet] Notes from Network Commons License mtg @ IS4CWN2013

Marc Juul juul at labitat.dk
Fri Oct 4 01:31:34 PDT 2013


On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 1:15 AM, Mitar <mitar at tnode.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!
>
> So just a point about what I am trying to learn from Creative Commons is
> that:
> - it is hard to make a global license because of all differences in
> legislations, copyright is very standardized but it is still an issue,
> networking is much less unified
> - different people have different values, we can have different names
> for different licenses (like what is situation in FOSS world), or we can
> have one name with different variations (like Creative Commons)
>
> Why I believe the second approach is better is because then we can
> assure that despite differences the suite of those licenses are still
> interoperable and do not forgo the main points. In the case of CC this
> is attribution, the see this as a common value any license should
> require. We might see something else in a similar light.
>
> Ah. One more: I propose Network Commons name for all this and to get
> commons.net domain name from the Creative Commons (they have it but are
> not using it).
>

Just wanted to chime in that I completely agree that Network Commons is a
great name. Other name proposals I've heard are long and sound kinda like
big unwieldy European Union projects.

-- 
Marc
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