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Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phonesOpenmoko publishes schematics for Neo phonesPosted Aug 7, 2008 8:15 UTC (Thu) by tajyrink (subscriber, #2750)Parent article: Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones
Hmm, Openmoko shouldn't fall for "Creative Commons license" type of saying actually nothing. I believe that they mean a free kind of CC license (CC-BY-SA or CC-BY) like they've done before, but this is the one problem that plagues Creative Commons all the time. There have been even sites were the administrators have chosen "Creative Commons license" as the site's content's license, without specifying which one... and often in cases other than Openmoko, the usual answer is "well of course we meant the non-commercial, non-derivative licenses, we wouldn't want someone other to benefit on this work!".
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Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones Posted Aug 7, 2008 11:29 UTC (Thu) by zotz (guest, #26117) [Link] "Hmm, Openmoko shouldn't fall for "Creative Commons license" type of saying actually nothing." Indeed. "CAD files publicly available under a Creative Commons license make it easy for industrial designers to change the appearance of the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner and select alternate materials and finishes to tailor the phone's look and feel." For instance, if they had chosen BY-ND, the above would be deceptive at best. Unfortunately, this saying nothing useful seems to be a widespread practice in the Creative Commons world (I play in that world too and I run into it all the time.) At best, the practice is inconsiderate as it is wasteful of other people's time, and I don't doubt some do it with deception in mind. So, if you care about the people you are trying to communicate with, state which license you release under, at least license element wise, even if not version and port wise. all the best, drew http://packet-in.org Some of my BY-SA efforts there... (band effort, not solo.)
Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones Posted Aug 7, 2008 14:34 UTC (Thu) by pj (subscriber, #4506) [Link] FWIW, the CAD files are CC-BY-SA
Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones Posted Aug 7, 2008 20:10 UTC (Thu) by zotz (guest, #26117) [Link] "FWIW, the CAD files are CC-BY-SA" Sure, which is fine, that is my preferred cc license, but the point is, it makes for extra research to find this info out when people just say: "Released under a Creative Commons License." That statement on its own tells you next to nothing about the rights you might get with the license... It is just a pain is all. It slows things down and gums up the works when searching for stuff to use or even deciding if something is worth paying attention to today. all the best, drew
Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones Posted Aug 8, 2008 16:10 UTC (Fri) by tajyrink (subscriber, #2750) [Link] Yep, CC-BY-SA: http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/ Great stuff.
Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones Posted Aug 8, 2008 16:54 UTC (Fri) by job (subscriber, #670) [Link] Agreed. Creative Commons idea of mixing free and non-free licenses under a common name was more than stupid.
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