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  • From: "Greg London" <email AT greglondon.com>
  • To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Intended Meaning of "Non-Commercial"
  • Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 15:42:49 -0400 (EDT)


I dunno. That message I sent out earlier was the full
text from CC's lawyer. That's all there was from CC.

I think they're redefining "non-commercial"
to mean "non-profit" so that university professors
can get paid a salary,
charge students tuition,
charge them for books,
and claim its all non-profit.

But a consulting company that is a for-profit corporation
will not be allowed. The professors don't want their
work spoiled by money. Unless the money is coming to them.

Nice little racket.




Mathias Klang said:
> I dont have the answer but I do want to complicate the problem. The
> university makes money from teaching students can the teachers (who are
> paid a salary) make use of material under the BY-NC-SA license.
>
> If they can - then can also a consulting company involved in teaching
> use the same material?
>
> Mathias
>
> Daniel Carrera wrote:
>
>>Greg London wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'm more than a little confused since I thought NC prohibited ANY
>>>transaction that involved money.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I've been meaning to ask a very similar question. Again, pertaining NC and
>>education. I have a friend who is making teaching materials under the
>>BY-NC-SA license. He doesn't want people selling the teaching materials.
>>But he's happy with teachers who get paid for teaching using this material
>>in the classroom. In fact, that's his primary target group.
>>
>>How does the NC clause affect his work? Are teachers allowed to earn money
>>teaching while using his work as long as they don't sell the work itself?
>>
>>Is there a more suitable CC license for him?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>
>
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