Towards a Standard of Freedom: Creative Commons and the Free Software Movement

Posted by dave on Jul 30, 2005 12:42 PM EDT
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Creative Commons is described as a movement translating the Free and Open Source software movement model to other forms of creative works. This description misses some important differences between the projects. Unlike Free Software, Creative Commons has failed to set any standard of freedom. This article compares Free Software's "essential rights are unreservable," with Creative Common's comparitively hollow, "some rights reserved."

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