Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Heather Morrison <hgmorris AT sfu.ca>]

For Drew:

Allowing noncommercial uses is different from reserving commercial rights. 
For example, a creator may have no intention of commercializing a work, but 
rather wish to express that a work does not belong to the realm of things to 
be commercialized.

From a technical / legal standpoint, this may be difficult if not impossible 
to distinguish from "commercial rights reserved". From the perspective of 
expressing what a creator wishes to share, however, there can be a world of 
difference. From my viewpoint, if CC were to force a choice between 
"commercial rights reserved" and no reserving commercial rights, then CC 
becomes all about commercialization, which to me is not at all the vision of 
the commons. This reinforces an unfortunate tendency in our society to see 
everything in commodity terms. For this reason, a CC with no noncommercial 
and "commercial rights reserved" would be something to avoid.

It would be good to have a have positive statement than "noncommercial", but 
I'm not sure what to suggest. For me, "commons" is what this should be 
(someday).

best,

Heather Morrison