On reading of the Creative Commons FAQ, they suggest not using a CC license for software, but point to, for example, their wrapper for the GNU General Public License. I would think that the GNU GPL also works and prevents anyone making claims/patents on the software to the disadvantage of the community. Creative Commons also suggests the Open Source initiative. The Open Software License ("OSL") v. 3.0 at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php . It includes the situation where some components of the application source code are licensed from elsewhere.
I really like the CC wrappers in plain language, though - this is a good approach to use.
Jamie
Jens wrote:
One of the topics for decision on the pathway to open-source of the software is declaration of copy-rights.