I'm not going to address whether or not this list is appropriate to discuss CC 
licenses, but I will offer a brief reply.  The short version is: these are not 
the licenses you're looking for.

Open source licenses always let me download a program to give to my neighbor.  
Similarly, Creative Commons licenses always let me download a cultural work 
(such as a photograph) and give it to my neighbor.

Any license that divides the world into groups of "these people may see this 
work, but those other people may not" is not an open source license.  
Similarly, the Creative Commons licenses always let me share a photograph with 
my neighbor, not just an organization member.

While I'm happy that you want to create a community for sharing culture, these 
licenses are about allowing everybody, not just your members, to share works 
freely.

I certainly hope you find a way to encourage people to create and share free 
cultural works for the benefit of everybody.  But for the portions of the site 
which you don't want people to share, you'll need another license.

Also note that (for example) CC-BY-SA works cannot be used as part of the 
"restricted" portions; the authors of CC-BY-SA have decided to let you remix 
their works only if you agree that everyone may share the final product.  (I'm 
summarizing; you can read the CC licenses for details.)

Joel


> On Oct 19, 2016, at 23:46, Richard Grevers <p...@dramatic.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> Greetings from New Zealand,
> 
> I've struggled somewhat to find a forum in which to discuss matters relating 
> to Creative Commons, so I hope this isn't Off-topic here. (If it is, feel 
> free to redirect me!)
> 
> We are redeveloping a website (for a national permaculture organisation) with 
> user-contributed content and a CC-BY-SA license. naturally there are 
> restrictions on who can create content.
> 
> 1) There is some content created by us which is members-only for various 
> reasons - privacy laws/confidentiality, or simply withheld as an incentive to 
> actually join the organisation.
> 
> 2) There is also some interest from users in being able to limit the 
> visibility of content they contribute - just as, on other social media, you 
> can limit content visibility to friends, followers etc. For example, a member 
> might be happy to share a photo of a project in which their children feature 
> with other members, but not happy about it being available to the world on an 
> open license.
> 
> 
> Are the two concepts above in conflict with the CC license? Is a different 
> license required for that specific content - or some rider attached to the 
> general license?
> 
> Regards
> Richard Grevers
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