Comments on Tuttle SVC: The Breadth of "Commercial" Use

RE: "The more I think about this, the more I'm sid...

2007-12-04T20:06:00.000-05:00

RE: "The more I think about this, the more I'm siding with the view that a commercial restriction on educational materials is actually anti-educational. For the simple reason that Tom points out - 'because it limits the use and redistribution of the work.'" --

Honestly, I don't know. I agree that the fewer the restrictions, the better. My knee-jerk reaction, though, is to protect against the potential of a digital land-grab by the publishing companies.

I go into some more detail on the OA blog.

"[...] I can work to make sure that the publisher ...

2007-12-03T00:55:00.000-05:00

"[...] I can work to make sure that the publisher will take steps to ensure equitable access to these resources."

Bill, a CC BY-SA license would do that too, no? What is given up is the power to determine if further uses of the work are connected to commercial gain.

The more I think about this, the more I'm siding with the view that a commercial restriction on educational materials is actually anti-educational. For the simple reason that Tom points out - "because it limits the use and redistribution of the work."

"allows the freedom to determine" sounds odd. Copy...

2007-12-01T02:59:00.000-05:00

"allows the freedom to determine" sounds odd. Copyright law doesn't give copyright holders any "freedom", just power.

Part of the reason why I like the non-commercial s...

2007-11-30T21:22:00.000-05:00

Part of the reason why I like the non-commercial share-alike license ifs that it allows the freedom to determine *when* a resource can be used in a commercial venture -- where, as Stephen accurately points out, content can be removed from public access.

From http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

"Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder."

So, to use your example, if a "for-profit publisher in a developing country" wants to publish materials I have created and released, I can work to make sure that the publisher will take steps to ensure equitable access to these resources.