Development of Creative Commons licenses

["Branko Collin" <collin AT xs4all.nl>]

On 5 Mar 2005, at 18:25, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 01:58:33PM -0500, Greg London wrote:
> 
> > commercial works) and the individual who restricts the community so
> > that the original author remains permanently at an advantage
> > (CC-SA-NC).
> 
> The implication being that there's no value at all in non-commercial
> rights? That's awfully narrow-minded. Fan-fiction, as well as
> educational, public-service, and hobbyist collective works are all
> non-commercial uses which could benefit from a large NC commons; I'm
> sure there are others.

These are non-commercial uses, but they do not require a license that 
forbids commercial use. A copyright license does not prescribe 
certain uses, but permits them. 

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branko collin
collin AT xs4all.nl