Comments on: Version 4.0 – Public Discussion Launches https://creativecommons.org/2011/12/09/version-4-0-public-discussion-launches/ Join us in building a more vibrant and usable global commons! Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:33:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 By: Arne Babenhauserheide https://creativecommons.org/2011/12/09/version-4-0-public-discussion-launches/#comment-3774 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:26:24 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=30676#comment-3774 My main wish for cc-by and cc-by-sa is to have them compatible with the GPL. This would ease the licensing hassle of all those who want to use free art in free software.

On the raw conceptual level they are already compatible, because they have no requirements that the GPL does not have. Especially the case of cc-by-sa not being comptible with the GPL is very sad, because they share exactly the same goals: Copyleft. Thus their incompatibility creates a real split in cultural works.

If the 4.0 licenses could make it possible to combine cc works under licenses with compatible concepts (cc by, cc by-sa) with the GPL, that would be a huge step towards a unified free culture.

PS: I also subscribed.

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