> > If a resource must be purchased before > it may be used, then it is not free in either sense. A person does not > have the freedom to use, modify, etc., something he or she must buy.
This is not true, free software is not a campaign against commerce, its a campaign for freedom. Im not less free when I have to pay for a hard copy of wikipedia. I think your really confused about this and it would help if you visit the wiki, at this point I'm starting to wonder if your just trolling us. I own this book http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ , the only way for me to get that book was to buy it. I have the freedom to use, modify, etc Its fairly obvoius why most people use NC license and its really nothing to do with preventing your work from being locked away. I understand you have to make a living but so do we. Regards Chris On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Stephen Downes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris Harvey wrote: > > > > I think he supports open access and perhaps open source and freebie > > software. Free software is a matter of freedom not price. > > > I am well aware of the distinction between 'free as in freedom' and > 'free as in beer'. I suppose 'free as in freedom'. > > My objection to commercial use is that it is a business model supported > by *denying* access to resources. If a resource must be purchased before > it may be used, then it is not free in either sense. A person does not > have the freedom to use, modify, etc., something he or she must buy. > > I appreciate that many of the other conditions of the free culture > license - such as the use of non-proprietary media - serve to mitigate > the excesses of commercial sales of open content. My belief is that the > full set of such stipulations, crafted so as to close all loopholes, > would be tantamount to the 'con-commercial' clause. > > -- Stephen > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator, go to: http://www.wikieducator.org To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
