development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

[Daniel Carrera <dcarrera AT math.umd.edu>]

Hello,

The "NonCommercial" clause seems to confuse several people, including 
myself. Maybe if I asked about specific scenarios, and whether they are ok 
or not, would clear things up a bit:

1) I have a friend who has written teaching materials, which he doesn't 
want people selling. But he does want people to use them to teach, in a 
setting where the teacher gets paid.

Does the NC license do what he wants?

2) Say I take an NC manual to Kinko's for printing. Kinko's reproduction 
process is definitely intended for commercial gain. Is Kinko's allowed to 
print this manual?

3) Can a church sell NC material as fund raising for summer missions?

4) Can NC work be used in advertising a commercial product?
What if I put the NC work on a website right next to a banner add for my 
product?

5) Say I make a business selling OpenOffice.org plugins. If I distribute a 
lot of NC OOo manuals, I would be increasing my potential market. So it is 
in my commercial interest to do so. Does that mean I wouldn't be allowed 
to put the hypothetical NC manual on a website with free download?


Any answers, ideas or commets would be most appreciated.

Cheers,
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