Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Bjorn Wijers <mailings AT bdisfunctional.net>]

Sure no problem. Best of luck with your plans

tk wrote:
> thank you realy much bjorn for answering my questions;
> the last answer is actualy a real worry then because it is imposible to 
> verify if someone is seling at cost or at profit; i need to think about 
> it a litle bit more then
> thx again; take care
> tk
>
> On 9/14/06, *Bjorn Wijers* <mailings AT bdisfunctional.net 
> <mailto:mailings AT bdisfunctional.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Tk,
>
>     NOTE: I am not CC nor a lawyer
>
>      > 1. If I decide to use the *Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
>      > France license
>      > , does it apply only to France or all French speaking countries
>     and even
>      > to any countries (I plan to have the books in different languages and
>      > people could decide to get a book in a specific language that is
>     not the
>      > national language) ? How do we know it will be valid and enforced ?
>
>     That's a lot for one question ;)
>
>     As far as I know the CC licenses are world valid and not limited to
>     French speaking countries nor a specific language. The licenses are
>     valid (proven in two court cases; one in The Netherlands, one in Spain).
>     CC licenses are not being enforced by a specific organisation. You need
>     to do this yourself.
>
>
>      > 2. The books will include a fairly important part of illustrations:
>      > Should I use then both the text and image license at the same
>     time for
>      > each book ?
>
>     No.
>
>     It would be advisable and more clear for the end-user, but you may use
>     different licenses for different elements of the books provided this
>     has
>     been labeled appropriate and made as clear as possible for the
>     end-users.
>
>      >
>      > 3. About the non commercial aspect: I understand that I can decide to
>      > sell or not our products but someone else cannot resell/sell our
>      > content, correct ?
>
>     I belief this is correct. The licenses are non-exclusive and the
>     rightsholder may therefor license a work under multiple conditions /
>     licenses.
>
>      >
>      > 4. Do we need an express authorization of every author when it is a
>      > multi authors book  or only the publishing decides and authorizes the
>      > use of the license ?
>
>     Depends on the arrangements you have with the authors. The rightsholder
>     may decide to use CC, so it depends on who owns the rights...
>
>      > 5. Sharealike: I udnerstand that under this specific license
>      > **Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, someone can make derivatives
>      > product BUT not sell them (ie, the modifications or the derivative
>      > product, correct ?
>
>     I am not completly sure, but I think you are correct.
>
>
>      > 6. Can my publishing company sell those derivatives by default or
>     do I
>      > need to negotiate this point with the author(s) of the
>     modifications ?
>
>     I would say you would need to negotiate this with the derivative
>     author(s).
>
>
>      >
>      > 7. Finally but not least, can someone just print the on line
>     content or
>      > scan the books and reprint them and give ithem away for free or
>     at not
>      > profit, ie, still sell it but at cost ?
>
>     Depends on the chosen license and the definition of commercial Vs
>     non-commercial. If you choose the non-commercial option in your license
>     I would argue that this would be possible provided the money asked is
>     just for the printing costs (ie material).
>
>     Hope this helps,
>
>     All the best,
>
>     grtz
>     BjornW
>
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