> My point is CC licenses don't even require the original author to release the source code, you can technically release software using that license as binaries

> My point is CC licenses don't even require the original author to release the source code, you can technically release software using that license as binaries. The same applies to MIT and BSD licenses. That was my point. > It would be rather pointless Agreed, but nothing in the license text prohibits it in any way. Even if it did, as the sole author of some code you are not bound by whatever license you pick, even if it was a copyleft license that would require other people to share their modifications.