[okfn-discuss] Re: okfn-discuss Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10

Fri Nov 24 22:58:07 UTC 2006

Actually, the specifics are here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ 
by-nc-sa/2.5/legalcode

The link you sent was an older UK-only version. The relevant points  
in the pertinent one being:

3. License Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of this  
License, Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non- 
exclusive, perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright)  
license to exercise the rights in the Work as stated below:

-to reproduce the Work, to incorporate the Work into one or more  
Collective Works, and to reproduce the Work as incorporated in the  
Collective Works;
-to create and reproduce Derivative Works;
-to distribute copies or phonorecords of, display publicly, perform  
publicly, and perform publicly by means of a digital audio  
transmission the Work including as incorporated in Collective Works;
-to distribute copies or phonorecords of, display publicly, perform  
publicly, and perform publicly by means of a digital audio  
transmission Derivative Works;
The above rights may be exercised in all media and formats whether  
now known or hereafter devised. The above rights include the right to  
make such modifications as are technically necessary to exercise the  
rights in other media and formats.

This gives anyone the right to use, perform, or distribute the works  
in any form they desire provided they give credit. Next is the  
commercial aspect:

4c. Restrictions You may not exercise any of the rights granted to  
You in Section 3 above in any manner that is primarily intended for  
or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary  
compensation. The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by  
means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to  
be intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private  
monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary  
compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works.

Obviously, this restricts the distribution for financial gain.  
Therefore, unlimited copies can be printed by anyone at anytime. as  
long as they are not sold.

Ron

On Nov 24, 2006, at 1:59 PM, Francis Irving wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 09:26:55AM -0800, Ron Severdia wrote:
>> We really want "free" to mean "free" in every sense for the consumer/
>> user and corporate profit takes a back seat to that. The GPL and CC
>> Commercial licenses allow corporations the opportunity to make a
>> profit off of free labor and somebody else's ideas. There are
>> different types of "free" and the freedom to make a profit is
>> understandable, but not in good conscience. If all the books were
>> free, imagine how the literacy rate would increase!
>
> Does the Creative Commons definition of "Non-Commercial" mean that
> it would be breaking the license to print on paper a copy of the work,
> and sell that paper copy?
>
> I can't tell for sure, but it looks to be the case to me.
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/legalcode
>
> If so, this means that nobody can ever ever print your work on paper
> and distribute it to lots of people, unless they are rich enough to
> fund the printing themselves and give away the physical copies.
>
> Therefore in your situation where "all the books are free" under a
> "Non-Commercial" license, there would be absolutely no paper copies.
> This would be problematic for literacy in areas where computers are
> not available.
>
> Francis
>
>

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