[cc-licenses] CC-BY-RY?

drew Roberts zotz at 100jamz.com
Sun Jan 14 10:49:41 EST 2007


On Sunday 14 January 2007 09:57 am, Rob Myers wrote:
> Audun Myhra Bergwitz wrote:
> > Wouldn't one solve the problems with NC by rather having a commercial
> > license based on percentages? Ie something which says that you're free
> > to use this any way you like, but if you make any money by the use you
> > owe me X % of that in royalties (RY). Any percentage of 0 is 0, so then
> > non-commercial would be anything where there's royalties=0?

Just looking at this again, actually, wouldn't NC be anything where RY=100, 
that is, you have to give me everything you make on it? Which is effectively 
NC?? Is it?
>
> I've just read "Promises To Keep" and the "Alternative Compensation
> System" proposed in that uses a percentage system for derivative works.

Has anyone here ever read Ted Nelson's book and looked at project Xanadu?

http://cla.uconn.edu/reviews/cmptrlib.html
http://xanadu.com/nxu/

He has wanted to have something like automatic use and royalties built into 
the system for a long time.

The system is supposed to handle the royalties accounting automatically. 
(IIRC)
>
> This isn't how Fair Use currently works though, so I'm not particularly
> keen on it, even though I do see how it looks fairer than a world in
> which the only options are NC and ARR.
>
> - Rob.

all the best,

drew
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