Development of Creative Commons licenses

[David Chart <bydosa AT davidchart.com>]

On 2012/12/11, at 4:34, Heather Morrison wrote:

> 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.

I'm strongly in favour of the change, precisely because of the existence of 
misunderstandings like the above.

"Commercial rights reserved" might not be what people mean by 
"noncommercial", but it *is* what the license means.

-- 
David Chart
http://www.davidchart.com/