[Discuss] Is CC BY-NC-SA not Open Source Hardware?

[Drew Fustini]

Thanks all for the comments.  The feedback has helped me to better
understand the situation.


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Billy Meinke <billy.meinke at gmail.com>wrote:

> There surely is a spectrum of openness when it comes to copyright, and
> the six CC licenses are no exception. It might be good to refer to the
> open definition:
>
> > A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and
> redistribute it -- subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute
> and/or share-alike.
>
>
> source: http://opendefinition.org/
>
> Of the CC licenses, CC BY and CC BY-SA (share-alike) are the only ones
> that would place a piece of content inside of the open definition.
>
> Re: marking, it's always better be clear about which license (not just
> an open/CC license) is being applied to the work, in a way that is
> human-and-machine readable. Doing any less would lead to further
> confusion around reuse rights, for sure.
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Mike  Dupont
> <jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > according to the recent ruling in germany, NC is only private usage. You
> > cannot even use it in public.
> >
> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140326/11405526695/german-court-says-creative-commons-non-commercial-licenses-must-be-purely-personal-use.shtml
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:15 AM, Andrew Back <andrew at carrierdetect.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On 11 April 2014 09:08, Ben Gray <ben at phenoptix.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I'm of the opinion that it serves best those who don't respect such
> >> > licenses and punishes those who do.
> >>
> >> An excellent point -- NC is something of an "own goal".
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
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