[cc-community] What does NC means?

drew Roberts zotz at 100jamz.com
Sat Sep 15 21:01:36 EDT 2007


On Saturday 15 September 2007 07:01 pm, Enrique Vargas wrote:
> I am working with an group of religious authors and composers to create
> a free liturgical songbook. After some conversations it was agreed to
> adopt the CC BY-NC-ND license. The rationale was:
>
> - By using a CC licence we indicate the songbook is free (libre)

Nope. By choosing either NC or ND you indicate that the songbook is not libre 
though it may be gratis.

> - BY - pretty obvious here

Not really. Left hand and right hand thoughts.

> - NC - because the authors didn't wanted others using the songbook or
> hymns for profit. That also meant to us no advertising. For example, if
> a for-profit entity wants to sponsor the copies of the songbook, that's
> fine, but they are not allowed to put advertisements, for example, in
> the back of the songbook, if that is to promote sales for their business.

While I understand this thinking, it is a tough one. I think that a lot more 
than you might at first think may be prohibited by using NC opening up users 
of the songbook to royalties and law suits.

> - ND - Because each hymn is going to undergo a validation process. Once
> the hymns are approved, changes to the lyrics or melodies are not allowed.

This too is a tough one. Would it be better to have some sort of branding 
where you can't use the brand if you make unapproved changes?
>
> We are not experts in copyright, so there is always a chance that there
> is something we overlook. But we are glad Creative Commons provided that
> option. Perhaps this is a good example of the usefulness of NC and ND.

Personally, I think even here BY-SA would be a better choice. Leave it to 
people's consciences as to what they do other than the simple share alike 
provisions.
>
> Regards;
> Enrique Vargas
> _______________________________________________

all the best,

drew


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