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By: CC7+ « Mike Linksvayer

CC7+ « Mike Linksvayer — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:15:36 +0000

[...] won’t make the case for supporting CC again this year on this blog — see my post last year — if it was good enough to cause the highly discerning Rob Myers to increase his donation, it [...]

By: Wikipedians against kryptonite « Mike Linksvayer

Wikipedians against kryptonite « Mike Linksvayer — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:56:12 +0000

[...] mentioned previously incompatible widely used copyleft licenses are kryptonite to the efficacy of copyleft. If [...]

By: Free Software: Foundation for a Libre Planet « Mike Linksvayer

Free Software: Foundation for a Libre Planet « Mike Linksvayer — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:12:45 +0000

[...] you enjoyed my rambling call to support Creative Commons a couple months ago, you might enjoy reading Benjamin Mako Hill’s somewhat less rambling call [...]

By: Nathan Kinkade

Nathan Kinkade — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:52:53 +0000

I think you are casting too wide a net, or are not looking closely enough at the reality of things to label science and education as “massive drivers of human improvement.” If you define human improvement as the endless piling of complexity upon complexity, with no blueprint, then you’ve got a great point.

By: Mike Linksvayer

Mike Linksvayer — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:58:55 +0000

jsalvati,

I think copyleft is both under- and oversold, and will eventually write a post on that.

While some copyleft advocates may want to prevent for profits organizations from “taking over”, the rationale is more sophisticated than that (forcing free riders to contribute is one way to put it) and your criticism is much more true when applied to licenses that restrict commercial use.

By: jsalvati

jsalvati — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:39:48 +0000

Wait… Wikipedia is copyleft (as opposed to permissive copyright (BSD etc.))? Dear god, why?

I have never understood the allure of copyleft. To me it just seems horribly economically illiterate (and I say this as someone to contributes a bit to various commons). The only reason I have heard is that it prevents for profit organizations from taking over, but this seems bizarre to me; does that ever actually happen? Can you point me to someone making a strong case for copyleft?

By: Bayesian Investor Blog » Blog Archive » Commons and Transaction Costs

Bayesian Investor Blog » Blog Archive » Commons and Transaction Costs — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:36:11 +0000

[...] Linksvayer describes a good perspective on why it’s important to have most information in a commons rather than [...]

By: Mike Linksvayer

Mike Linksvayer — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:13:34 +0000

Thanks Rob, I’m honored. Or honoured. :)

By: Rob Myers

Rob Myers — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:18:51 +0000

I was going to give my usual USD20-50 but I joined the CC network instead after reading this post. :-)

By: The Open Institute Of Prediction Markets | Midas Oracle .ORG

The Open Institute Of Prediction Markets | Midas Oracle .ORG — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:41:13 +0000

[...] F. Masse December 17th, 2008 … will publish using the most liberal Creative Commons [...]