mBio has some what I consider to be a good model for explaining what they mean to include and exclude by using a CC noncommercial license - worth repeating below, this comes after the brief explanation of the license copied exactly from the CC website (another good practice);
Noncommercial reuse is defined as use that is not intended for or directed toward commercial advantage. This would include the following: • Content requested by an academic or educational institution • Content requested by a not-for-profit publisher if not for resale • Content requested for use by the government • Content requested for a thesis or coursepack • Author request to use his/her own material Individuals seeking to obtain permission for commercial reuse of mBio journal content may do so through the Rightslink web-based permissions and commercial reprint system. To use Rightslink, on the mBio website search for the journal article containing the content which you would like to reuse and then click on the "Reprints and Permissions" link that appears on the journal table of contents or within the article content box. If you have any questions about the permissions process, please direct your inquiry to journ...@asmusa.org. Commercial reuse applies if the content being requested will be distributed for a fee or by an organization legally recognized as a commercial entity (demonstrated, for example, by payment of taxes, incorporation, or support by advertising/corporate sponsorship). This includes: • Commercial/for-profit publishers • Companies or organizations representing or interfacing with a for-profit pharmaceutical organization (e.g., content to be reused to promote or advertise a pharmaceutical product) • Medical device companies • PR/Advertising/Medical communications agency/Media From: http://mbio.asm.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml On the other hand, this statement suggests a bit of confusion about the CC licenses and not having to seek permission: "Please contact the corresponding author to obtain permission for noncommercial reuse of mBio content." from: http://mbio.asm.org/site/misc/authors.xhtml best, -- Dr. Heather Morrison Assistant Professor École des sciences de l'information / School of Information Studies University of Ottawa http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html Sustaining the Knowledge Commons http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/ heather.morri...@uottawa.ca _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal