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Singularity Hub used to publish all their content under Creative Commons and that had even earned them a place in the Creative Commons Wiki.
Today I checked up on the website only to see that they changed their articles license to a propitiatory one. https://singularityhub.com/
How to guarantee that when I choose a website that publish articles under Creative Commons, that they will not change their license?
How to guarantee that when I choose a website that publish articles under Creative Commons, that they will not change their license?
There will never be a guarantee.
If you want to publish, please do 2 things - find a publisher which does not necessitate exclusivity (as in, you do not necessarily have to just publish something on there portal) - and secondly, make a portal of your own, and publich a duplicate copy there. This serves 2 purposes, if someone really wants to follow your work, they can just follow your website, and in case a future bait and switch happens, you have a backup of all your work.
I may be wrong with creative commons but doesn’t it work the same with the gpl. They can relicenae it inder a different license if they own the copyright but you still have access to the version under the first license.
You can totally do it with the GPL as well, as long as you own 100% od the copyright. Of you accept a patch, and don’t get copyright attribution… You’re stuck with the GPL forever.
If you want to publish, please do 2 things - find a publisher which does not necessitate exclusivity (as in, you do not necessarily have to just publish something on there portal) - and secondly, make a portal of your own, and publich a duplicate copy there. This serves 2 purposes, if someone really wants to follow your work, they can just follow your website, and in case a future bait and switch happens, you have a backup of all your work.