From: dd.r. <[email protected]> To: CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012 4:41 PM Subject: [cc-arab-world] Jordan Licenses
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Diane Peters <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:52 PM Subject: Jordan Licenses To: [email protected] Dear all, We've been watching the various email exchange regarding the Jordanian licenses here at HQ, and feel compelled to respond given what appears to be misinformation about the status of the Jordanian licenses and the circumstances surrounding the decision not to launch. The reality is that the licenses were not sufficiently far along or up to our standards for publication as of the launch of the project in Amman quite a long time ago now. The decision was not an easy one to take, and involved many conversations in the weeks leading up to the event and very late night conversations with members of the Jordanian team just hours before. In the end, the agreement was reached and a final decision made, albeit reluctantly, that the licenses were not ready to be turned on and required further review. You might hear any number of reasons given for why we felt that was the case. For CC, one key reason was that the Jordanian team had misunderstood that all six licenses needed to be prepared for the launch, and with a relatively short period of time between learning this and the launch date, there was simply insufficient time for them to prepare the other licenses with the degree of confidence we require of all ports, and for everyone to engage in the thorough review and iteration process all ports must go through. Again, this was an unfortunate misunderstanding. But of course CC has never (before or since) launched a single license without the others in the suite. Everyone regretted that the decision had to be made, but it was the absolutely correct decision to make at the time and all of us involved on behalf of CC at the time stand firmly behind it. CC did take that decision closely and transparently with the Jordan team. Thereafter, there was no coordinated or concerted effort to complete the licenses though everyone from HQ at the launch event committed to doing so. Shortly after the event, the Jordanian licenses were pulled from our porting queue altogether for lack of attention, change over in the team, etc.. Although the Jordanian team was not able to complete the port, their hard work did served as a base for the Egyptian licenses. The Egyptian licenses are the product of close and dedicated collaborations among many lawyers and legal leads in the region. We are delighted to be on the final proofing stages that will see those launch very shortly. Other than a very few isolated 3.0 ports, we are now focusing the bulk of our legal efforts on drafting 4.0, which will be published just days from now for public comment. We are keen to set up a community call shortly to explain the decisions underlying the 4.0 draft and to field suggestions for improvements. Please look for more information on that shortly. Whether you are able to participate in some fashion in that call or other forums, we hope to hear from many or you one way or another during the public discussion on 4.0. We also hope you will celebrate with us the launch of the Egyptian licenses very shortly. And of course, thanks to all of you in the region who have supported porting efforts and our other important work in the region. For any of you who have lingering questions about the status of the Jordanian licenses, I need to ask that you contact me off list, though please do not expect that to result in a revisit of decisions made very long ago now, or for a debate over reasons. We have no intention of re-opening those discussions or events, which are now quite long passed. We prefer to focus constructively on all of the other fantastic accomplishments that have taken place in the intervening years and our bright future. Best, Diane -- Diane M. Peters, General Counsel Creative Commons cell: +1 503-803-8338 skype: peterspdx email:[email protected] http://creativecommons.org/staff#dianepeters ______________________________________ Please note: the contents of this email are not intended to be legal advice nor should they be relied upon as, or represented to be legal advice. Creative Commons cannot and does not give legal advice. You need to assess the suitability of Creative Commons tools for your particular situation, which may include obtaining appropriate legal advice from a licensed attorney. -- لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى [email protected] لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة، أرسل رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. للحصول على مزيد من الخيارات، يمكنك الانتقال إلى هذه المجموعة على العنوان http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world?hl=ar. Diane, As you have requested, I do not propose to set out here the points on which we disagree strongly with your account of events. Instead I will send another email to Catherine Casserly in which I will set out in detail the full and accurate account of events that are not explored in your below email. Regards, Rami Olwan Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QUT Faculty of Law PhD (QUT), LLM (Columbia Univ, NY, US) Phone: +61 731389591 Fax: +61 731389395 Mobile: +61 413743395 Website: http://www.olwan.org Address: Level 1, 126 Margaret Street Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia -- لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى [email protected] لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة، أرسل رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. للحصول على مزيد من الخيارات، يمكنك الانتقال إلى هذه المجموعة على العنوان http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world?hl=ar.
