On Dec 12, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Heather Morrison wrote: > Commercial use for the 99% > Commercial use for socially responsible companies and individual entrepreneurs > Commercial use EXCEPT companies that lobby for more restrictive copyright laws > Free use for students and teachers (this should not be called commercial use, > because education should not be commercial - the fact that we are heading in > this direction does not make it a good direction) > Free and unrestricted use, with respect. If you wish to use data about an > endangered species to protect the species, go for it. On the other hand, if > you wish to use the data to harm the species, we should be able to sue. Not > just the author, either - anyone.
There is so much wrong with the above that I don't even know where to start. It is mixing apples, oranges, and persimmons (for the lack of a better metaphor). -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.org science http://earth-base.org advocacy http://creativecommons.org _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
