"If you truly wish to relinquish ALL rights then public domain is exactly that. This is obviously the most free. If additionally you wish to retain attribution only then /usr/src/share/misc/license.template is a great choice. This is probably the most free except for public domain. If it bothers you if Microsoft uses your performance in a Vista ad then you must pick something else. But now you are in a sticky place where you want to share except when you don't. The available licenses are tricky legalese, and finding one to match your motives is difficult and the license may have consequences you don't anticipate."
Parsimony of licences
My hunch would be to look at one of the Creative Commons licences for non-software, and of course GPL for software. By choosing a licence that's also popular with other creators, you make it easier for people to mix your work with others.
Is there an equivalent term to "Occam's Razor" for licences? "Do not multiply licences unnecessarily". Perens' Razor? :)
Creative Commons licenses
Creative Commons licenses have little or none legal value in certain countries.
Got a reference?
Got a reference on that? The recent NIN album was released under a CC license. I can't imagine them not looking into such things.
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NIN!
Ghosts I-IV, mmmmm :)
Creative Commons Licencing
I was surprised when I was told that New Zealand didn't have CC licences, but yes the parent poster was correct.
The licence has to be localised to local legal language, unlike the GPL which is pretty universal (I think, IANAL).
Recently NZ did localise the CC licences, and anounced it here: NZ Creative Commons
Andrew
If you look at the parent
If you look at the parent URL of the link you gave, http://creativecommons.org/international, it says:
That's why they "port" licenses to specific jurisdictions: not because the generic one's don't work, just so they can be 100% certain the licenses work precisely as intended. This is very different to the claim earlier in this thread that "Creative Commons licenses have little or none legal value in certain countries."
Thank you both
Both your comment and the one you replied to together explain things much better for me. Thanks!
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