Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Stefan Tiedje <Stefan-Tiedje AT addcom.de>]

Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller wrote:
> I think that the non-commercial option is the biggest mistake CC ever
> made, it is just to wide reaching and greyzone. Free and Open Source
> software never did this differentiation and I think its was the smartest
> decision ever. 

I think that the multiple options including nc is the smartest part of 
cc. I could agree that the licenses without these restrictions would 
make more sense in certain (and for sure in your) areas, but its just an 
option, and there are a lot of works which do benefit from being 
licensed different than with by-sa (especially those with nd).
If it would not exist as part of cc, it would exist at other places but 
less profoundly backed up by lawers who understand what they do. These 
options made cc to what it is today. Without these options I would not 
know anything about cc licenses and would not listen to your arguments 
for keeping nc out of the license.

The problem is not that nc is bad, the problem is, that there is no 
foolproof concept to make the wish of the copyright holder clear. Thats 
why I was suggesting some "honory" rules for fair compensation, which 
could be attached to a by-sa license to make clear: If my work helped 
you to pay your bills, please do help me to pay my bills.
I think thats a fair expectation, its just the question if I want to 
force the user of my work legaly (then I choose nc), or if I just want 
to encourage her to do so.
I also hope that the latter works better, but I have no proof for it.

Stefan

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