[p2p-research] Wiki Content License

[Samuel Rose]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Patrick Anderson <agnucius at gmail.com> wrote:
> Michel and all,
>
> I am concerned about the "Non-Commercial" CC license used for the
> content of the P2PFoundation wiki.
>
> What is the reason for this choice?
>
> "Non-Commercial" is incompatible with the goals of Free Software (any
> license disallowing commercial use is categorized as a non-free
> license) and will also become a burden to our organizing in the
> physical realm.
>
> Commerce has big problems now, but those issues can be repaired.
>
> We want to be able to trade and share amongst ourselves.  Does
> "non-commercial" allow that?
>
> What is the definition of "commercial" as mentioned here:
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
>


I don't know what led to the choice of license. But, as far as what
the license means, the best source is the legal language of the
license itself:


http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

Section 4c 4eii and 4eiii in particular seem to clarify what is meant.




>
> Thanks,
>
> Patrick Anderson
> Social Sufficiency Coalition
> http://SourceFreedom.BlogSpot.com
>
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