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  • From: Adam Fields <cc-licenses345982 AT aquick.org>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Alex Bosworth: "Creative Commons Is Broken"
  • Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:13:16 -0500

On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 08:37:09AM -0500, Greg London wrote:
[...]
> I don't know if this is relevant, but
> please see "Argumentum ad lazarum"
> http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html#lazarum
>
> Money is not inherently evil, so prohibiting it
> doesn't actually solve any problem. And by prohibiting
> commercial use of a Free work, you prohibit companies
> such as Red Hat from using money as a way to expand
> distribution, advertising, and awareness.

But that's an argument against the use of an NC license to begin
with.

And it's not necessarily "money", it's "profit". There's a
difference.

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