Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Heather Morrison <hgmorris AT sfu.ca>]

As a reminder, proposals for NC 4.0 can be found on the wiki. It might be 
helpful to move discussion forward to refer to the proposals on the wiki, or 
to create new ones for discussion.
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0/NonCommercial

My proposal to clarify noncommercial addresses a number of the questions 
coming up in discussion in recent days (from my viewpoint). Does anyone have 
specific feedback on this proposal? 

NC Proposal No. 12 (Heather Morrison): NC Proposal No.12 Define NC to 
specifically allow educational uses. "(f) NonCommercial means not intended 
for re-sale or re-use of the Licensed Work for private monetary compensation 
(for example, as a means to attract advertising revenue). For purposes of 
this Public License, the exchange of the Licensed Work by digital 
file-sharing or similar means is NonCommercial provided there is no payment 
of monetary compensation in connection with the exchange. For the avoidance 
of doubt, educational use - teaching and learning - is Noncommercial, and 
permitted by this Public License, while including the content in a package 
intended for sale to educational institutions for profit is Commercial, and 
prohibited by this Public License.

Web-based or other discovery services that rely on advertising revenue, such 
as search engines, may use advertising IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR SERVICES in 
connecting searchers to this content; this does not constitute commercial use 
of the content. Advertising that constitutes exploitation of the content for 
commercial purposes, such as advertising inserted into a derivative, 
advertising that readers are forced to watch before viewing the content, 
creating the impression of sponsorship, or advertising that implies that the 
creator endorses the advertised product, constitutes commercial use and is 
prohibited by this license."

I would also like to point to NC Proposal No. 9 (Brian Carver), to: "Create a 
new CC license, NC-EDU, that prohibits non-commercial uses, but allows 
educational uses".

Both 12 and 9 address a desire for NC without impeding educational use. The 
main difference between the two approaches is that one creates a new license 
(#9), while the other clarifies the NC definition (#12).

best,

Heather Morrison