[Commons-l] Creative Commons -NC Considered Harmful

Mon Sep 12 17:28:15 UTC 2005

"Considered Harmful" Essays Considered
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On 9/12/05, Erik Moeller <erik_moeller at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> For quite a long time, I've been meaning to write a summary of the key
> reasons not to use "non-commercial uses only" licenses. It is now online 
> at:
> 
> http://intelligentdesigns.net/Licenses/NC
> 
> I posted it to Kuro5hin as well, where it is now being discussed:
> 
> http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/9/11/16331/0655
> 
> The version on the wiki is slightly more comprehensive and will
> hopefully evolve over time.
> 
> This is not specific to Wikimedia, but I hope that those Wikimedians
> lobbying individuals, governments, and educational or scientific
> institutions to put their content under truly free licenses or into the
> public domain will find this collection of arguments useful.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Erik
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