<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 March 2011 19:28, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Well, let's make this simpler: This decision is above the pay-grade of the<br>
> Theme Review Team.<br>
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</div>I did some research, and while I can't find any particular reason that<br>
the CC--BY-SA 3.0 would be incompatible, I also can't find anybody<br>
saying that it actually is.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>CC-BY-SA 3.0 is not listed as compatible with the GNU GPL on the GNU site (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses</a>) therefore is *not* compatible.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Further, CC-BY-SA 2.0, is explicitly stated as *incompatible* with the GNU GPL. <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ccby">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ccby</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>It is the attribution requirements in those licences which makes them incompatible with the GNU GPL. "You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor", this clause allows an author to impose restrictions which are incompatible with the GNU GPL.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Note in the reference above, the FSF are quite happy for people to use some CC licences for works of art or entertainment, and even for works of opinion </div><div><a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OpinionLicenses">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OpinionLicenses</a> but not for software.</div>
<div><br></div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div></div>-- <br>Mike Little<div><a href="http://zed1.com/" target="_blank">http://zed1.com/</a></div>
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