Frequently Asked Questions
The following are questions related to copyfree licensing policy and certification that have been asked and are not answered elsewhere on this Website.
Q: Why isn't the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 a certified copyfree license?
A: Unfortunately, Creative Commons has included a term in its Attribution licenses that attempts to prohibit technological restrictions on copying and redistribution. Depending on whether the prohibited technologies are integral to a derivative version or distinct from it, this violates one or both of criteria 3 and 4 of the Copyfree Standard. The relevant text is from point 4a of the Attribution License 3.0:
You may not impose any effective technological measures on the Work that restrict the ability of a recipient of the Work from You to exercise the rights granted to that recipient under the terms of the License.
Q: Why not just use the public domain, instead?
A: Please check the public domain page here at copyfree.org for details.
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