[cc-licenses] NC considered harmful? Prove it...

Jonathon Blake jonathon.blake at gmail.com
Thu Mar 22 12:27:31 EDT 2007


Javier wrote:

> ¿Exactly how do you expect the novelists currently publishing under a
> by-nc-sa license to make a living if they publish their work under by-sa?

In theory, the primary means of distribution of BY-NC-SA is gratis.
That won't generate  any revenue for the author.

The secondary means of distribution, which will be non-gratis, will
not generate any revenue for the author.

>but unfortunately there aren't many high-paying jobs for novelists.

"Exposure".  This is more likely to happen with BY-SA than BY-NC-SA.

xan

jonathon


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