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Re: creative commons



On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:35:47 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote:

> On 01/11/07 06:42, Terry Hancock wrote:
[...]
> > I agree with you that NC and ND content violates DFSG.
> 
> Sorry, I had difficulty making my position clear.
> 
> Even though the existence of an optional clause (like NC) appears to
> contradict the DFSG in situations we can imagine, that does not rule
> out it's use will always contradict the DFSG for every case.

I think it will: it forbids selling the work (fails DFSG#1) and
discriminates against a field of endeavor (fails DFSG#6).

> 
> It's a good idea to ask and raise this concern with CC (as has been
> throughly done). If they keep the clause in future licenses I'll be
> interested to see who ends up using it and why.

I am no telepath: I cannot see why people go on adopting CC-*nc*
licenses.  I just see that many do so.  And CC is doing nothing to
discourage this, AFAIK.

[...]
> I hope the above is a bit clearer?

Only a bit, not much, unfortunately...  :(

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