Re: Can CC BY 2.0 be upgraded to 3.0 ?

2013-09-15 Thread Russ Allbery
Bas Wijnen writes: > I still don't understand the problem, however. With clause 4b, I can > include any significant piece of code to the work, thereby creating a > derivative work, which I can then relicense under CC BY 3.0. After > doing that, I can modify that work again by removing the code.

Re: Can CC BY 2.0 be upgraded to 3.0 ?

2013-09-15 Thread Bas Wijnen
Ok, I'm not sure how I could not see that you meant this before. I understand the point now. Thanks for the explanation. I still don't understand the problem, however. With clause 4b, I can include any significant piece of code to the work, thereby creating a derivative work, which I can then r

Re: Can CC BY 2.0 be upgraded to 3.0 ?

2013-09-15 Thread Russ Allbery
Tollef Fog Heen writes: > No. > #! /bin/sh > echo hello world > is not a work. It is not copyrightable. It does not bring anything new > and original into the world. Norwegian copyright law talks about «work > threshold» as in a bar you need to clear for something to be > copyrightable.

Re: Can CC BY 2.0 be upgraded to 3.0 ?

2013-09-15 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Bas Wijnen > Sure, but if you have a program, then that is an original work. No. #! /bin/sh echo hello world is not a work. It is not copyrightable. It does not bring anything new and original into the world. Norwegian copyright law talks about «work threshold» as in a bar you need