[open-government] Fwd: CC Version 4.0 (and government data)

Wed Dec 14 17:44:51 GMT 2011

Hello all,

I wanted to forward some information from the w3c egov list.  Apparently,
Creative Commons is reviewing the CC license with the plan of releasing a
CC v. 4.  One of the issues is database rights.

Is anyone on this list actively involved in the revision process?

Thanks,
Brian Peltola Gryth

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sandro Hawke <sandro at w3.org>
Date: Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 8:21 AM
Subject: CC Version 4.0 (and government data)
To: "W3C eGov Interest Group (All)" <public-egov-ig at w3.org>

Creative Commons is starting to work on a version 4.0 in part because:

       The treatment of sui generis database rights in the 3.0 licenses
       continues to be a show-stopper for many, including governments
       in Europe.  This fosters an environment in which custom licenses
       proliferate, inevitably resulting in silos of
       incompatibly-licensed content that cannot be maximally shared
       and remixed.

Now is the time to get involved in the CC v4.0 process:

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/30676

    -- Sandro
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