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Re: [cc-licenses] NC considered harmful? Prove it...

From: "Antoine" <antoine AT pitrou.net>
To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] NC considered harmful? Prove it...
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 16:05:16 +0100 (CET)

> On Thursday 08 March 2007 05:51 am, Terry Hancock wrote:
> I don't recall NC for software. I do recall shareware from back in the
> day,
> but shareware is far from NC.

Although rarely legally explicit (i.e. there was no "license"), it was
obvious by then that most hobbyist software could be copied and
distributed at will (hobbyist programmers like to see their works spread),
but selling it would not be ok without a specific agreement.

Regards

Antoine.

Re: [cc-licenses] NC considered harmful? Prove it... , (continued)
- Re: [cc-licenses] NC considered harmful? Prove it..., Erik Moeller, 03/08/2007