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Originally Posted by Moejoe
So, any GPL gurus out there know about the feasibility of using the GPL or AGPL as a license for fiction?
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The GPL, as such, was meant to be use for executable code, something that can be compiled. Try the
GFL if you want something in the same spirit.
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Firstly I consider copyright irrelevant in a digital age. It's impossible to restrict the flow of information, especially fiction (because of size and storage and the tide of progress) and I can't see any reason why I'd want to restrict that information either.
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That's all fine, but practically any license (or even the declaration that your work is in the public domain) would accomplish that.
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Thirdly, after using and looking at the Creative Commons, I'm not sure if it isn't anything but a pseudo-legalese way of saying - do what you're going to do anyway.
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No, they're fine. You get to choose exactly what rights you want the user to have, under what provisions.
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The restrictions on remixing or not are antithetical to how culture builds naturally upon earlier works.
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Open to debate. By all means allow it, then.
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Can I give away my work and allow others to do whatever they like with that work, including make money, as long as they acknowledge who originated the work and license the result in a similar manner?
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Sounds like an Attribution/Share Alike CC license. Short story, yes you can.