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	Creative Commons -NC Licenses Considered Harmful

danemorgan

11-25-2006 11:39 PM

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creative commons, copyright, copyleft, plr, private label, commercial use, profit, gnu, mit, gpl, freedom

danemorgan says:

This is an involved and detailed examination of the idea that the -nc (non-commercial) attribute of a CC license can actually hurt the goals of the publisher, and harm the free content community as a whole.

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