tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post8386176271228167179..comments2024-03-29T06:46:56.337-04:00Comments on Half an Hour: Free and Not FreeStephen Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-68608917790679879422012-11-30T09:10:49.014-05:002012-11-30T09:10:49.014-05:00> Would you support clarification of what "...> Would you support clarification of what "Non Commercial" means so that use by publicly-funded, not-for-profit post-secondary institutions could feel safe in reusing content licensed as CC-By-NC without fear of being sued?<br /><br />Yes, but with some caveats. The institution in question can't set up a commercial enterprise, selling NC contents to raise money. It's the *use* of a resource that makes it commercial, not the nature of the institution using it.<br /><br />In general, my dividing line is this: 'non-commercial' means 'not restricting access on condition of payment of money (or other items of value)'. So if an institution, whether commercial or non-commercial, uses NC in a non-restrictive way, there's no problem. But the minute they put up a paywall around the content and start charging for access, that's commercial.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-24269635441998580872012-11-27T19:59:35.764-05:002012-11-27T19:59:35.764-05:00Would you support clarification of what "Non ...Would you support clarification of what "Non Commercial" means so that use by publicly-funded, not-for-profit post-secondary institutions could feel safe in reusing content licensed as CC-By-NC without fear of being sued? This was a proposal, since dropped, in the discussions about what a new CC v4 license should address.Scott Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559733363363982228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-82731571603319551042012-11-27T18:28:27.223-05:002012-11-27T18:28:27.223-05:00First, content is not software. Content can be enc...First, content is not software. Content can be enclosed in a way that software cannot.<br /><br />Second, I'm not so certain Linux (and especially Linux users) have benefited from the commercialization of their product.<br /><br />Third, I don't see the purpose of open content licensing being to support "the guy who builds up a commercial web service out of spare parts and open source software." Access, rather than commercial development, is the purpose of open content.<br /><br />Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-6810452163626231172012-11-27T12:56:16.632-05:002012-11-27T12:56:16.632-05:00Some facts first. Wikipedia is under CC-BY-SA and ...<br />Some facts first. Wikipedia is under CC-BY-SA and though this can mean that people can sell it to you (and indeed they do), most reasonable people would agree that Wikipedia is free. Similarly, most software today is either under GPL or APL or something very close, and they all allow commercial use.<br /><br />Now my opinion. <br /><br />I think you have it backward. The corporations are the ones that stand most to benefit from restrictions on commerce. There would be nothing that would please Microsoft and Apple more than if you made it illegal to commercialize Linux and Linux derivatives (e.g., Android).<br /><br />The little guys, such as the guy who builds up a commercial web service out of spare parts and open source software... is the one that would suffer most from non-commercial licenses as the only way he could earn a living would be to license the "commercial" software from the big corporations.<br /><br />For colleges and universities, the best option is that no start-up can come in and compete against them. So non-commercial licenses is what they want... you have it backward again... they want to make it impossible for anyone to make a living in higher education outside of their organizations... they don't want to be out-innovated. So universities and colleges want non-commercial clauses.<br /><br />Daniel Lemirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01566622051558391310noreply@blogger.com