[whatwg] Re: Copyright of specifications
Ian Hickson
ian at hixie.ch
Mon Nov 8 15:55:00 PST 2004
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Ben Adida wrote:
>
> As a lurker on this list and a tech advisor to Creative Commons, I'd
> like to re-suggest a possibility that's already been quickly mentioned
> on this list: a Creative Commons license for these specifications. I
> agree that a public-domain grant is a bad idea at this point: you need
> strong control at least for attribution purposes, with well-defined
> rights for sharing and openness.
A creative-commons license was considered, but it was felt that it did not
give any particular benefits over the current text.
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