Re: [Fsuk-manchester] free art and music

[Lucy]

On 1 March 2010 00:06, Luke Taylor <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> From: address@hidden
>> Lucy <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > As has been pointed out, you'll need to be aware of some of the
>> > restrictions of some CC licenses. Also, I'm not sure if the NC clause
>> > prevents you from selling CDs for non-profit groups
>>
>> NC = no commerce. Selling things is commerce.
>>
>> "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. [...]"
>
> I'm not selling, I'm asking for donations.
> It's not private monetary compensation or commercial advantage, I'm giving
> it all away.
> Am I cool?

I think you've highlighted why the NC clause is so problematic and NC
work is not considered to be free. I remember some years ago a
magazine wanting to share some NC material as a some part of their
free CD and weren't able to, so had to contact the creator for
additional permission (I'm not sure if they managed it before the
print deadline or not, but the creator's response was 'of course; I'd
never considered someone would want to do that'. In time they
relicensed all their work, but it took a long time and much more
effort than if they'd simply chosen a free license to start with).