[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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