[cc-education] Intended Meaning of "Non-Commercial"
Karen Coyle
kcoyle at kcoyle.net
Wed Apr 6 13:34:56 EDT 2005
Chris Lott wrote:
>Not really, since this is what Stephen Downes already said which
>prompted the original question. So, is the "primary motive" of
>University of Phoenix (which has been part of the discussions here) to
>make a profit?
>
>
In the U.S. it's fairly easy to determine non-profit from for-profit
organizations, since all organizations have to declare their tax status.
You can look organizations up in the Nonprofit database Guidestar
(http://www.guidestar.org/). Most educational institutions are
registered as non-profit corporations (even private universities).
There's no way to make the same determination for individuals, however
individual use doesn't seem to be the main concern here.
kc
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