[okfn-discuss] Paper: Consequences, risks and side-effects of the license module “non-commercial use only”

Tue Jan 8 16:28:10 UTC 2013

Congratulations for the release of this, Joris - essential reading for all
of us involved in fields related to openness.

Kat

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On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Joris Pekel <joris.pekel at okfn.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> In 2012, a group of German copyright experts [1] released in
> collaboration with Wikimedia the German document“Folgen, Risiken und
> Nebenwirkungen der Bedingung Nicht-Kommerziell – NC” (Consequences,
> Risks, and side-effects of the license module Non-Commercial – NC). In this
> document, they explain all consequences of choosing a CC license variant
> restricted to non- commercial use only (NC) and make clear why its usage is
> often not necessary and even a bad idea for artists and institutions.
>
> Together with the OKFN community, we translated this document into English
> and the German authors have edited it. With the help of Wikimedia Germany
> [2] we were able to design and publish it.
>
> Read more about this great piece of documentation here:
>
>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2013/01/08/consequences-risks-and-side-effects-of-the-license-module-non-commercial-use-only-2/
>
> Thanks to all partners who made this possible, a special thanks goes out
> to Thomas Hirsch who translated the majority of the document.
>
> All the best,
>
> --
> Joris Pekel
> Community Coordinator
> Open Knowledge Foundation
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> http://twitter.com/jpekel
>
> [1] http://irights.info/
> [2] http://www.wikimedia.de
>
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