Development of Creative Commons licenses

[jonathon <jblake AT eskimo.com>]

Terry Hancock wrote:

> Better yet, we can offer tangible proof of the misunderstanding and it's
> causes.

a) Go thru the list archives, for the discussions on what "Non 
Commercial" means. If nothing else, they serve as a graphic illustration 
of how broad the spectrum of what it does, or does not allow is.

It doesn't matter who is right, but the fact that there are a number of 
points in contention indicates that the licence is extremely blurred, 
and might not do what a naive user expects it to do.

b) Survey roughly 5,000 people who use an NC licence.  The survey 
consists of specific situations/scenarios, and whether or nto they are 
permissible under the NC licence.  Pick ten or so of the most 
contentious issues, and ten or so of the "show stopping" issues.
[I'm not sure how to send the survey out, without it getting flagged as 
spam. Perhaps Creative Commons to add a survey to the page with the 
licences, as part of the licence selection process.  Whisltthe results 
would not be scientific, they would point towards what the licences were 
percieved to allow/disallow.]

xan

jonathon