Development of Creative Commons licenses

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

Greg London wrote:

> Once you obtain the work, you can do anything
> with it commercially as long as it doesnt require
> you to copy/distribute/derive.

Hhmm...  I understand better, but still have doubts.


> > * If the work can be used to help me provide a paid service. For example,
> > suppose I'm a teacher, and I use the work to teach. Is that commercial?
> 
> If you distribute the work as part of your textbook, it breaks the license.

Say I give the book to a student for free, and charge for the teaching 
services. Is that allowed?


> > * If I use the work to advertise another product. Is that commercial?
> 
> you're distributing the work as part of teh advertisement,
> so if you're paid for it, it breaks the license.

Say I make shoes. Someone takes a picture of one of my shoes and publishes 
it under the BY-NC. I grab that picture and put it on a flyer advertising 
my shoes. I give out the flyer for free.

Does that break the license?

> Note: this is what I THOUGHT non-commercial meant.
> Now it has to be qualified with whether or not
> you make a profit or not.
> 
> Don't worry. I'm selling your work "at cost".
> Yeah, that's it. Trust me. It's at cost.

Well, /that/ is not the situation I'm concerned about. I am happy to 
consider "non-commercial" to mean $0 for /selling/ copies, or making 
copies. What I'm concerned about is alternate ways to make money off the 
product that don't involve charging for copies.

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