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  • From: Evan Prodromou <evan AT wikitravel.org>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: License that allows private copying?
  • Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:27:15 -0500

>>>>> "SJ" == Scott Johnston <johnston AT vectaport.com> writes:

SJ> So you are curious about what motivates me to inquire on this
SJ> topic? I have a peer-to-peer content development tool that I
SJ> want to sell over the internet. It is intended for use by a
SJ> limited number of people during any one session. To encourage
SJ> its adoption, I would require that only one person in a group
SJ> of potential collaborators buy a copy. The rest of their
SJ> potential group could try it out for free.

Ah! Well, this is probably a good time to point out that Creative
Commons licenses are not really good for licensing software.

~ESP

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