[cc-community] CC applicability to software ?

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Thu Jan 19 15:50:21 EST 2012


On 19/01/12 20:34, Roland Alton wrote:
> On 2012-01-19 21:00, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
>> Please don't use Creative Commons licenses for software.
>>
>> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#Can_I_apply_a_Creative_Commons_license_to_software.3F
> We have been looking into OSI licenses, which are recommended at those FAQs:
> 
> TheNon-Profit Open Software License 3.0 (NPOSL-3.0)
> <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/NPOSL-3.0> is only saying, that the
> licensor is non-profit.
> 
> The Educational Community License
> <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1> is quite similar, declaring
> that the licensor does not want royalties.
> 
> Non of the OSI licenses seems to cover a non-commercial clause in the
> sense like the NC clause of CC licenses

I should certainly hope not. Restricting commercial use breaks OSI's
definition of "Open Source". See 1. here:

http://opensource.org/docs/osd

"The license shall not restrict any party from selling [...] the software"

- Rob.


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