Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Alex Andrews <alex AT recordsonribs.com>]

Good articulation of many of the reasons why we oppose this.

Alex

On 10 December 2012 19:34, Heather Morrison <hgmorris AT sfu.ca> wrote:

hi Kat,

Thank you very much for asking about this. I am strongly opposed to changing "noncommercial" to "commercial rights reserved". The noncommercial element is often used by creators who are not primarily in the commercial realm, and "commercial rights reserved" is not necessarily what people mean by "noncommercial".

Having to choose between granting or reserving commercial rights suggests that the many people who share their work freely but just don't want others to sell it are not welcome in the Creative Commons.

best,

Heather Morrison

On 2012-12-10, at 11:27 AM, Kat Walsh wrote:

> There is one piece of the recent NC/ND announcements I'd like to call
> particular attention to.
>
> One of the open proposals is to change the name of the NonCommercial
> license to "Commercial Rights Reserved". I've put together a page on
> the wiki (also linked in the previous email) with a description of the
> proposal and some arguments for and against--you can find it at
> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Commercial_Rights_Reserved
>
> (I've seen several people comment on and link to it already; thank you!)
>
> This would be a pretty big change, and we're hesitant to do it unless
> there is strong support. We'd like to hear broader input on it to be
> able to make a decision--please let us know what you think!
>
> Cheers,
> Kat
>
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