Development of Creative Commons licenses

[James Grimmelmann <james AT grimmelmann.net>]

Jonathon Blake wrote:
> Drew wrote:
>
> > Could it be that what people who use NC-SA really want is share-alike but no
> > selling / earning direct profits?
>
> I use CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 for writing documentation for e-Sword.  This is
> because I want something that is more clearly defined than the e-Sword
> licence, but compatible in spirit with it.
>
> Compatible in spirit means that it is compatible with Matthew 10:8.
> (Lamsa Translation: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out
> demons; freely you have received, freely give.)
>
> In this instance, "free" is equivalent to "gratis".

Ouch!  No sooner have I complained about NC-SA than someone gives a good 
reason for using it.

I think Drew's sense of people's motivation for using it is right; it 
was certainly my initial motivation and I still know many bloggers who 
use it for precisely that reason.  It's just that I hadn't and they 
haven't really thought about the consequences of combining those elements.

James