[CCD] considering a change to derivative works applicability

[REED YOUNG]

I like the sound of "copyfree" better than "copyleft", which, although 
clever, emphasizes irony rather than the legal context of the discussion of 
freedom of software users to control over our computers.

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>In relation to recent musings about the effectiveness of license terms in
>bringing about a change in the way people think about copyright, I have
>been revisiting the matter of license heritability characteristics.
>Under the section labeled "DEFINITIONS" in the current form of the
>license, there is a definition for purposes of the CCD CopyWrite license
>of the term "Derivative Work".  It is used elsewhere in the license, most
>relevantly in the section labeled "DISTRIBUTION".
>
>I'm currently a bit torn on the matter of whether to aim more toward a
>"viral" sort of inheritance characteristic similar to the GPL's and a
>more flexible form such as that of the BSD license.  Recent consideration
>of the practical effects of such license terms on the market penetration
>of a license, as a means of reaching as many people as possible, has led
>me to lean more toward a BSD-like approach to license heritability.
>
>In essence, the way the BSD license works in this regard, is simplicity
>itself:
>   1. BSD licensed code will always be BSD licensed code.
>   2. Modifications to BSD licensed code will also be BSD licensed code.
>   3. A larger work need not actually be distributed under the BSD
>   license, even if it includes BSD licensed code in such a manner that
>   separating the parts destroys the usefulness of the non-BSD licensed
>   code.
>
>I'm also considering coining the term "copyfree" as an alternative to
>"copyright" and "copyleft", which would likely be especially appropriate
>to the CCD License if I swung it more toward the BSD license model of
>inheritance.  Feedback is desired.  Comments and questions are welcome.
>
>--
>CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
>John W. Russell: "People point. Sometimes that's just easier. They also use
>words. Sometimes that's just easier. For the same reasons that pointing has
>not made words obsolete, there will always be command lines."
>
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