[cc-licenses] Proposed Non-Commercial Guidelines
Greg London
email at greglondon.com
Tue Mar 7 09:48:18 EST 2006
>For reference, the Proposed Non-Commercial Guidelines are here
>
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-licenses/attachments/20060110/02d7a271/NonCommercialGuidelinesclean-0001.pdf
One thing I noticed is that it appears to be written
in the form of an "expert system" for an end user, a la:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_system#The_end_user
which would pose yes/no questions to the user and
continue down further and further until it hit a point
where it came to a definitive answer.
Question 1 appears to be multiple choice, but then
further reading shows that A,B,C, and D are actually a list
of "allowable NC users". and the way (i) and (ii) (yes/no)
are formatted, they appear to be answers to "D", rather than
then entire question. A simple reformatting will help
resolve any ambiguity. Put the yes/no near the
yes/no question, and then have a note that says
that A-D are examples of allowable NC users.
A. Nature of the User:
(1) Is the user an allowable NC user under
the noncommercial license condition?
(i) No. License violation this is not a noncommercial use.
(ii) Yes. Continue to Question B.
"Allowable NC users" include the following:
(a) Individual
(b) Nonprofit educational institution/library,
(c) Nonprofit organization as defined under US1
or equivalent law, (together with (1)
and (2) allowable NC users)
(d) A copy shop, ISP or similar service provider
who, in the course of providing a service
at the direction of the allowable NC user,
may exercise a right licensed under the
Creative Commons license.
(hopefully the spacing didn't get mashed in transit.)
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