[PD-ot] Art: To GPL or not to GPL?

[Michael Zeltner]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> I know all about the old BSD license and the problems with it, that is 
> why I am in a quandary about this.  I am creating projects that anyone 
> could download and set up and, if released under the GPL, claim 
> complete credit for.  So I am thinking of releasing them under the 
> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.

creative commons is not directly intended to be used for source code,
but actually i'd say because it's an art projects, it's a good idea to
use it here.

i actually plan to do the same.

> So my particular question lies is trying to figure out what harm will 
> come of releasing art code with an Attribution clause. > I believe that 
> some harm is inevitable, but I think it my be a necessary comprimise.

well what harm? interaction? or rights? it depends on how you want
others to use that code art/art code.

creative commons gives the artist more autonomy of decision, but open
source licenses give you possibly more and less canalized interaction
with other artists.

> .hc

hmm i think i'd be interested in a art code/code art mailinglist if
something like that is out there ...

has anyone of you read Andreas Leo Findeisen s speach from the Ars
Electronica?

regards, michael
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