Andrew comments on The Tragedy of the Anticommons - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Andrew 16 March 2009 11:21:21AM *  3 points [-]

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 March 2009 07:05:20PM 7 points [-]

A work can be released under more than one license. Releasing something to the general public under CC doesn't interfere with the (implicit, unnamed) license granted to Less Wrong.