(legal shit) using creative commons licensed material in software (6)

1 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2010-01-16 05:00 ID:pU5WJN8k

okay this isnt really a programming question. but i have no idea where else to ask. so how does this work exactly? say if i wanted to use something licensed under this: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ in some program i'm writing. attribution is straightforward enough but how exactly would i "share alike"? i could easily just say "this program is licensed under creative commons blahblah" but... would that even count for anything? it seems kinda disingenous when what i'm sharing "alike" would only be a compiled binary which you can't really do much with. or would i have to release the source code, or what?

2 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2010-01-18 18:19 ID:HCgl0Jua

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3 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2010-01-18 21:08 ID:tXb29ule

what idiot licensed source code under creative commons? that's for stuff like art and music.

that said, the full legalese includes the provision "(IV) when You Distribute or Publicly Perform the Adaptation, You may not impose any effective technological measures on the Adaptation that restrict the ability of a recipient of the Adaptation from You to exercise the rights granted to that recipient under the terms of the Applicable License." which could be construed to require that you distribute the source code.

4 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2010-01-21 00:02 ID:pU5WJN8k

>>3

>what idiot licensed source code under creative commons? that's for stuff like art and music.

well, exactly. i'm not talking about using creative commons licensed source code, if there even is such a thing - what i want to do is incorporate some creative commons licensed text into a program.

i suppose if i put it in a separate file and read it in rather than compiling it into the main program it'd constitute a "collection", which would AFAIK mean the licensing conditions only apply to the file containing the CC material. which is probably a lot less retarded than having to license my whole program under a license that obviously wasn't designed for it

5 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2010-02-15 05:51 ID:Ul9Cdbws

On the CC web site, there's a page (that I can't find anymore but I know it exists) that lists all the CC licences in a table with checkmarks. That's the "share-alike" part, you must use a license compatible with the license of the artwork.

6 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2010-02-16 03:24 ID:Heaven

>>5
http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses

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