[open-science] SPARC author addendum uses CC-NC licence and now all hybrid publishers have followed

[Heather Morrison]

On 2011-12-12, at 9:04 AM, Nick Barnes wrote:
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> For instance, effectively CC-NC prevents the Climate Code Foundation
> from using a document to promote the public understanding of climate
> science.

How is this commercial use? If this is commercial use under CC-NC, then CC-NC needs work.

If CC licensing is this complicated, would we be better off not using CC licenses at all?

best,

Heather Morrison