Comments on: Creative Commons: NC or not to NC http://1889.ca/2009/01/creative-commons-nc-or-not-to-nc.html Six steps away from the loony bin Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MCM http://1889.ca/2009/01/creative-commons-nc-or-not-to-nc.html/comment-page-1#comment-157 MCM Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:18:33 +0000 http://1889.ca/?p=119#comment-157 It's funny, because it took me all this time to arrive back at the idea that using CC licenses was about saying "I'm not such a nutbar that I'd sue you for giving this book to your friend", in a world where that's all too common. But I think the non-NC licenses are a big step too far into uncharted territory for me. Too many possible ways to have your ideals tested. Two things on my "to do" list are to create blanket "commercial use" exemptions for charities, libraries and schools; and to figure out a timetable I'm comfortable with to shift works from CC-NC to CC-SA to Public Domain, the way copyright was originally intended to work. Maybe tomorrow... It’s funny, because it took me all this time to arrive back at the idea that using CC licenses was about saying “I’m not such a nutbar that I’d sue you for giving this book to your friend”, in a world where that’s all too common. But I think the non-NC licenses are a big step too far into uncharted territory for me. Too many possible ways to have your ideals tested.

Two things on my “to do” list are to create blanket “commercial use” exemptions for charities, libraries and schools; and to figure out a timetable I’m comfortable with to shift works from CC-NC to CC-SA to Public Domain, the way copyright was originally intended to work.

Maybe tomorrow…

]]> By: Julianna Yau http://1889.ca/2009/01/creative-commons-nc-or-not-to-nc.html/comment-page-1#comment-156 Julianna Yau Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:11:35 +0000 http://1889.ca/?p=119#comment-156 I'm glad you decided to adopt the NC licenses again. It seems the understanding of IP has shifted enough that offering non-commercial use of your work no longer means (for most people) that your work doesn't have commercial value. Everything I release now is either all rights reserved or NC only, depending on what it is. I'll probably be switching everything to an NC license at some point :) I’m glad you decided to adopt the NC licenses again. It seems the understanding of IP has shifted enough that offering non-commercial use of your work no longer means (for most people) that your work doesn’t have commercial value. Everything I release now is either all rights reserved or NC only, depending on what it is. I’ll probably be switching everything to an NC license at some point :)

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