2010/10/6 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <[email protected]>
> On Wednesday 06 Oct 2010, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: > > This exactly is my question, How a organisation can sell non-profit > > work at reasonable low price. > > > > How possible alternate which is to sell blank DVD at 150 INR [For > > profit] and sending Free of cost DVD in separate DVD [totally > > non-profit] no shipping now. > > That's one of the reasons to avoid licences that explicitly specify non- > commercial in their objective. They make it next to impossible to > distribute the work in any form except its original (web site, mailing > list archive, etc.) Non-commercial licences are also incompatible with > both the Free Software and the Open Source definitions -- though we're > talking about artistic vs software works, the same principles apply. So > for instance you cannot create a Linux distribution that includes photos > or music under a NC licence and sell CDs if you make even a paisa of > profit from those CDs. Sure, there are ways out (like the one you > specified), but they're ugly, unethical and basically twist meanings to > comply with the letter but not the spirit of the licence. > > Just Say No to NC licences. > > GFDLthough a free software compatible license, allows for commercialization, as I understand from wiki page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL#Commercial_redistribution). If you have to earn your bread from your work, there is nothing wrong in using NC license, in my view Cheers Arjun
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