[Cryptech Core] CC-BY license for non code? (Bikeshed warning)

Joachim Strömbergson joachim at secworks.se
Fri May 2 11:28:53 UTC 2014


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Aloha!

Patrik Wallström wrote:
> CC-BY is more suited to documents and text, so I prefer that over a
> license that covers software code.
> 
> (This is also why there is a GNU Free Document License text.)

Exactly, this is why CC was developed - an open license for non source
code things. Stating "this source code..." for a PDF with a presentation
looks imho confusing.

Much easier to simply include the CC-BY logo together with a (c)
statement. One could have nothing at all, but explicit is makes it
easier for the reader/user than implicit. Again imho.

- -- 
Med vänlig hälsning, Yours

Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.
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 Joachim Strömbergson          Secworks AB          joachim at secworks.se
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