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  • From: Terry Hancock <hancock AT anansispaceworks.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] New Generic and ports
  • Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:34:19 -0500

drew Roberts wrote:
So, if you did understand me and I am mistaken in that, you woule be
saying that the fact that someone can redistribute a work makes it a
part of the commons. (Commercially or non-commercially.) If that is
what you are saying, I am not sure I buy that. If you are saying
that, would you care to discuss it further.

Getting a little excited there, Drew? :-)

No, you have a point. The name commons doesn't really work if the idea is that CC is endorsing each license, instead of (as I have always understood the organization's goals) offering baby-step licenses so exploitation-jumpy authors can slowly acclimate to the idea of free-licensing their content.

As for the role of ND in the commons? It's the spread of ideas, specifically, without allowing the modification of the specific embodiments of ideas. I can't edit an ND work, but I can quote from it and refute or support it. I can also present the work alongside my comments.

In the end, though, I'm much more concerned about "halfway free" terms like NC, than I am with obviously non-free terms like ND. I think the problem with the incrementalist approach is that people may, upon failing to realize bazaar-like success with NC works, conclude not that "NC isn't free enough", but instead that "free culture doesn't work".

I don't fear that with ND, because it's obvious to the producer that they can't expect any kind of collaborative or community advantage.

Cheers,
Terry

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Terry Hancock (hancock AT AnansiSpaceworks.com)
Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com





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