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I don't understand why software projects use Creative Commons licenses for source code. CC themselves recommends against it.
by sidpatil 5y ago
I don't understand why software projects use Creative Commons licenses for source code. CC themselves recommends against it.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoIn this case, it was an off-the-shelf option that let them be sorta-open while imposing limitations. For true FOSS CC isn't good, but for this (imposing ND) it kinda works.
- techdragon 5y agoFrom what I can tell in this case and at least a few of the other projects that I’ve seen using CC licenses for code, the CC-NC and CC-NC-ND licensing forbidding commercial exploitation and sharing of derivatives respectively are advantageous things in the eyes of many projects. I’ve long wanted non-cc licenses that have these features. Sometimes you want to “show but not share”.
- sidpatil 5y agoThe original MAME license is the first one that comes to mind, regarding non-commercial restrictions. As for no-derivative restrictions, I'm not sure.