Development of Creative Commons licenses

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On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:14:48 -0700, Heather Morrison <hgmorris AT sfu.ca>
wrote:
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> 
> Noncommercial is a broader concept than "commercial rights reserved"
> - it includes the concept that commercial rights are reserved, but
> also allows those who do not want their work used for commercial
> purposes at all a CC option. Not everyone will like this, but it is
> not realistic to please everyone. A commons that includes those who
> prefer NC (currently the majority of CC works, I understand) who would
> not move to commercial rights reserved (an unknown number - at least
> one person, me), is a larger commons than one that excludes our
> participation.

Heather, in searching for something else, I came across what may be my
first post to a cc list on the possibility of a CC license that would
prevent everyone from using the work for commercial purposes. Everyone
including the copyright holder:

https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/cc-licenses/2005-March/001723.html

"I can imagine circumstances where NC has a place for other than
economic 
reasons. What about the option for a binding pledge on the part of the 
original author to not excercise his right to the commercial option
when 
releasing BY-NC-SA?"

I still don't recall anyone ever taking me up on the possibility of
drafting such a license as opposed to the advisability of doing so.

> 
> My two bits,
> 
> Heather Morrison
> 

all the best,

drew