[cc-community] Assocation & advertisement

Olivier Croquette ocroquette at free.fr
Thu Nov 29 05:08:55 EST 2007


Selon Gavin Baker <gavin at gavinbaker.com>:
> However, you can't use content licensed by others as non-commercial in a
> commercial situation. So if users are contributing to your wiki under NC
> terms, they have to grant you the right to make commercial use. For
> instance, the terms for the wiki might say "By contributing, you agree
> to license your contribution under CC BY-NC-SA and to grant a
> non-exclusive, irrevocable right for the association to use your
> contribution commercially."

This is exactly what I had in mind.
I assume that you confirm it can work :)

> However, once you release any content to the public under BY-NC-SA, any
> derivatives must be similarly licensed. If you, in turn, wish to
> incorporate those derivatives into your work, you will only have the
> rights granted under the license -- you will not be able to make
> commercial use of the derivative.

That's a good point I didn't think of!

What I am still not sure of, is if the advertisement by a non-profit
organization is really considered commercial activity.


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