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  • From: Bjorn Wijers <mailings AT bdisfunctional.net>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [cc-licenses] Commercial definition in CC licenses 3.0 ? Was: Does this case falls under CCAttribution-NonCommercial 2.5?
  • Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:32:35 +0200

This email made me wonder:

This seems to be (yet) another case in which it's not quite clear what is considered commercial and what not. I remember the draft guidelines about what is to be considered commercial and what not, but I actually can't remember if these were put into use?

Perhaps the issue with the vague definition of commercial use or not is going to be addressed in v3.0 of the CC licenses? I haven't had the time to follow-up on the discussions around v3.0, so maybe somebody else can update me on this particular issue?

All the best,

grtz
BjornW

Dylan Busa wrote:
I am in a similar situation but in regard to educational content. I too would
welcome any clarity h CC community can bring to how the NC restriction was
intended to be used and how it should be applied.

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-----Original Message-----
From: cc-licenses-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:cc-licenses-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Christoph Boecken
Sent: 07 September 2006 12:54 PM
To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [cc-licenses] Does this case falls under CCAttribution-NonCommercial
2.5?

Hi,

I provide a template design (hosted on my own domain) for the blogging system
WordPress, which is licensed under CC By-NC 2.5, which means that it's not
allowed to use the design for commercial purposes. The relevant part of the
license is quoted below:

"[...]You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3
above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial
advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of the Work for other
copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be
considered to be intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private
monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation
in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works...[...] CC By-NC 2.5, Section
4, Part b.

Today I found out about a hosting provider, providing bloggers a platform
with pre-installed WordPress for a monthly fee. They also pre-install my
template design on every new blog hosted there, along with others.

So, my question is: Is this a violation of the license? After all, the
provider doesn't use the theme directly to make money, it's more passive
through the monthly fee for hosting. I don't exactly understand the relevant
part of the license, so if anyone could help me out, I'll really appreciate
it.

Thanks in advance, Christoph




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