[od-discuss] Provincial and Game OGLs; Open Definition 2.0

Thu Dec 5 00:42:25 UTC 2013

> From: od-discuss [mailto:od-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of
> Wrate, David GCPE:EX
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 4:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [od-discuss] Provincial and Game OGLs; Open Definition 2.0
> 
> Thanks Luis,
> 
> I was/am basing the option to waive conditions on the following
> information from Creative Commons.org:
> " Can I waive license terms or conditions?
> 
> Yes. You may always choose to waive some license terms or conditions.
> Material licensed under a CC license but with additional permissions
> granted or conditions waived may be compatibly licensed with other
> material under the same license. Our CC+ protocol provides a mechanism
> for facilitating that grant or waiver."
> 
> Taken from here:
> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Can_I_waive_l
> icense_terms_or_conditions.3F

CC+ is dual licensing. An example of something like this would be

"This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0 or the OGL - BC 2.0. You may use it 
under either license."

What you *cannot* do is say "This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0, except 
we do not grant these permissions in the license".

I'd love it if BC released stuff under a dual license with CC BY 4.0 and 
OGL BC 2.0. Maybe a triple-license including ODC-By too. 

Because CC BY 4.0 and ODC-By are well-understood licenses, I wouldn't have 
analyze OGL BC 2.0, I'd just use one of the others.