[cc-licenses] specific questions about the CC licenses
tk
thierryk2005 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 14 08:33:22 EDT 2006
thank you realy much bjorn for answering my questions;
the last answer is actualy a real worry then because it is imposible to
verify if someone is seling at cost or at profit; i need to think about it a
litle bit more then
thx again; take care
tk
On 9/14/06, Bjorn Wijers <mailings at bdisfunctional.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Tk,
>
> NOTE: I am not CC nor a lawyer
>
> > 1. If I decide to use the *Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
> > France license
> > , does it apply only to France or all French speaking countries and even
> > to any countries (I plan to have the books in different languages and
> > people could decide to get a book in a specific language that is not the
> > national language) ? How do we know it will be valid and enforced ?
>
> That's a lot for one question ;)
>
> As far as I know the CC licenses are world valid and not limited to
> French speaking countries nor a specific language. The licenses are
> valid (proven in two court cases; one in The Netherlands, one in Spain).
> CC licenses are not being enforced by a specific organisation. You need
> to do this yourself.
>
>
> > 2. The books will include a fairly important part of illustrations:
> > Should I use then both the text and image license at the same time for
> > each book ?
>
> No.
>
> It would be advisable and more clear for the end-user, but you may use
> different licenses for different elements of the books provided this has
> been labeled appropriate and made as clear as possible for the end-users.
>
> >
> > 3. About the non commercial aspect: I understand that I can decide to
> > sell or not our products but someone else cannot resell/sell our
> > content, correct ?
>
> I belief this is correct. The licenses are non-exclusive and the
> rightsholder may therefor license a work under multiple conditions /
> licenses.
>
> >
> > 4. Do we need an express authorization of every author when it is a
> > multi authors book or only the publishing decides and authorizes the
> > use of the license ?
>
> Depends on the arrangements you have with the authors. The rightsholder
> may decide to use CC, so it depends on who owns the rights...
>
> > 5. Sharealike: I udnerstand that under this specific license
> > **Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, someone can make derivatives
> > product BUT not sell them (ie, the modifications or the derivative
> > product, correct ?
>
> I am not completly sure, but I think you are correct.
>
>
> > 6. Can my publishing company sell those derivatives by default or do I
> > need to negotiate this point with the author(s) of the modifications ?
>
> I would say you would need to negotiate this with the derivative
> author(s).
>
>
> >
> > 7. Finally but not least, can someone just print the on line content or
> > scan the books and reprint them and give ithem away for free or at not
> > profit, ie, still sell it but at cost ?
>
> Depends on the chosen license and the definition of commercial Vs
> non-commercial. If you choose the non-commercial option in your license
> I would argue that this would be possible provided the money asked is
> just for the printing costs (ie material).
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> All the best,
>
> grtz
> BjornW
>
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