(2024-01-08, 1:02)Orion Pobursky Wrote: I'd like it to be all or nothing. Either all prims go to CC0 or we stay on the current system. Piecemeal determinations will just lead to confusion and complaining.
I agree. I feel that if it's a primitive, then by definition its function is utilitarian and not creative* and thus is well reflected by a CC0 status. Conversely, if some case does arise where an author insists that a file has licensable creative content, then that becomes an argument for classifying as a part or subpart (for library/submission purposes anyway).
I don't foresee that case arising much, if ever, though.
*(As for the examples mentioned by Philo, you could also chalk those up to a distinction between "inventive"—i.e., patents or trademarks—and "creative"—i.e., copyrights. With the CC system we're only dealing with the latter, if I'm not mistaken.)