[License-discuss] Thoughts on the subject of ethical licenses

[Robby O'Connor]

I'm struggling to understand what enforcement mechanism they can
use...because there isn't one legally that I can see...

On 3/10/20 3:32 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote:
> On 3/10/2020 1:32 PM, Russell McOrmond wrote:
>> "I think the fundamental thing that bothers me the most about the OSD
>> 1.x is that it grants rights downstream, but doesn’t give the creators
>> any real rights. And that’s a major difference between open and
>> #EthicalSource — ethical source is about empowering creators."
>> https://twitter.com/CoralineAda/status/1234307401169408001
>>
> I was struck by this too. The reality is that, by virtue of the
> structure of copyright, creators (or more accurately authors) have ALL
> the rights and it's only through license that they give up some of those
> rights. An author is free to craft a license to whomever they choose on
> the terms they choose. So I didn't understand the argument.
>
> Pam
>
>
> Pamela S. Chestek
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