[cc-community] What does NC means?

Terry Hancock hancock at anansispaceworks.com
Wed Sep 19 00:11:50 EDT 2007


jonathon wrote:
> Sorry, but BY-NC-ND is a step in the _wrong_ direction.  There is no
> difference between BY-NC-ND, and "Your Rights Removed",

You've said this about three times in this thread, but I think you're
wrong. The CC licenses -- all of them, including NC-ND -- specifically
state that they do not restrict any rights you would otherwise have
under copyright:

"""
2. Fair Dealing Rights. Nothing in this License is intended to reduce,
limit, or restrict any uses free from copyright or rights arising from
limitations or exceptions that are provided for in connection with the
copyright protection under copyright law or other applicable laws.
"""

Therefore, irrespective of whether the jurisdiction they are interpreted
in regards them as "contracts" or not (IOW, with the legal authority to
remove rights), they do not excercise contractual powers. They still
function as a "license", which can only give you more freedom, not take
it away.

Admittedly, NC-ND doesn't give you much more freedom than you already
have. But in countries where file-sharing is otherwise illegal, NC-ND
makes it legal. It also makes it generally legal to post the content on
a website.

Cheers,
Terry

-- 
Terry Hancock (hancock at AnansiSpaceworks.com)
Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com



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