Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Frances Pinter <frances AT pinter.org.uk>]

Hi Heather,

I understand your argument, but I think there are just more people out there
who want greater clarity. I think both CRR and NC are both about reserving
commercial rights - even if the language may, perhaps, stem from different
sources and different motivations.

Best,
Frances


On 10/12/2012 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
>> 
>> -- 
>> Kat Walsh, Counsel, Creative Commons
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