On 11/21/06, David Monniaux <David.Monniaux(a)free.fr> wrote:
Bah. I'm proposing them CC-BY-SA as a solution.
Though the license is
deemed "free", the -SA clause probably precludes most uses in
advertisement. (If it's not sufficient, I'll propose GFDL, which we
consider "free" even though it de facto prohibits many uses, e.g.
postcards.)
You could probably manage a GFDL postcard from a couple of different angles.
#You could have a funny postcard which folds out with the license in
small print. ;) .. Okay, only good for making fun of the GFDL.
#You could recognize that the protected acts that the GFDL controls
are acts which are exclusive rights of the copyright holder: copying,
*public performance*, derivative works... and then sell your GFDLed
postcards in a package which provides N postcards, 1 copy of the GFDL,
and where the postcards themselves do not include the GFDL. Buyers of
the cards can now send out the postcards without the GFDL because
since they are not executing any of the protected rights, they need
not even read the GFDL, it doesn't matter what it says.
Really I think the idea of licenses that make some kinds of uses
impossible are bad, while making some kinds of use somewhat less easy
can be acceptable. GFDL actually prohibits far less then some folks
involved with our projects think (heck, many people think that if you
put a dozen GFDL images in a book then the book must have a dozen
copies of the GFDL!).... and this may become more clear in future
versions of the GFDL, so be sure to keep your eyes on the draft
process.