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| Miriam Ruiz 2007-05-31, 7:25 pm |
| Hi,
I plan to file an ITP and package a cute small game called "Which Way Is
Up?" ( http://hectigo.net/puskutraktori/whichwayisup/ ) and maintain it.
All the game code is licensed under the GPL 2.0. All the game content,
sounds and graphics are licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution
license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ).
As I understand, CC-by 3.0 is DFSG-free. The only potentially DFSG-freeness
problem I can see is the DRM limitation, and then again GNU FDL also has it
and is perfectly DFSG according to the last GR about it.
Anyway, I prefer to ask about it first: Does anyone know if CC-by 3.0 is
DFSG-free or not for sure, shall I go ahead and put it in the repositories?
Greetings and thanks,
Miry
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| Marco d'Itri 2007-05-31, 7:25 pm |
| On May 31, Miriam Ruiz <little.miry@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyway, I prefer to ask about it first: Does anyone know if CC-by 3.0 is
> DFSG-free or not for sure, shall I go ahead and put it in the repositories?
The ftpmasters do.
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ciao,
Marco
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| Francesco Poli 2007-05-31, 7:25 pm |
| On Thu, 31 May 2007 18:47:37 +0200 Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I plan to file an ITP and package a cute small game
[...]
> All the game code is licensed under the GPL 2.0.
Good.
> All the game content,
> sounds and graphics are licensed under Creative Commons 3.0
> Attribution license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ).
Ouch! :-(
>
> As I understand, CC-by 3.0 is DFSG-free.
My personal opinion is that *none* of CC-v3.0 licenses meets the DFSG.
They are *not* acceptable, IMO.
See
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lega...3/msg00024.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lega...3/msg00023.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lega...2/msg00059.html
and the threads that followed.
> The only potentially
> DFSG-freeness problem I can see is the DRM limitation, and then again
> GNU FDL also has it and is perfectly DFSG according to the last GR
> about it.
I see other DFSG-freeness issues in CC-v3.0 licenses besides the
anti-DRM clause, but anyway GR-2006-001
(http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001) did *not* decide anything
about CC licenses, nor about license clauses in general.
The decision taken by GR-2006-001 was just about the GFDL, which was
(absurdly, IMO) judged acceptable (when no part of the work is
unmodifiable/unremovable), without explaining why.
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> Anyway, I prefer to ask about it first: Does anyone know if CC-by 3.0
> is DFSG-free or not for sure, shall I go ahead and put it in the
> repositories?
I personally think CC-v3.0 licensed works should *not* enter Debian
main.
IANADD, IANAL.
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