Do you think it might be a common misconception, perhaps?
On May 20, 2019, at 6:39 AM, Paulo Santos Perneta <paulospern...@gmail.com> wrote: > The idea that NC is "open and free" is growing like a cancer in Brazil and > Portugal. I've been noticing that for some time already, and I do believe > we as a Movement should have some sort of plan or strategy to fight that - > and never indulge in accepting NC as a valid license for the Wikimedia > projects, as IMO it really hinders our mission of a free and open project. > > Paulo > > Yury Bulka <setthemf...@privacyrequired.com> escreveu no dia segunda, > 20/05/2019 à(s) 07:28: > >>> From: Mister Thrapostibongles <thrapostibong...@gmail.com> >>> >>> I'm not quite sure what you mean here. Firstly, this isn't the right >> venue >>> for a discussion of the general principle of non-commercial licensing, >>> especially as the Foundation has decided on the use of licences that >> permit >>> commercial reuse. >> In my opition it's not a terribly offtopic subject for this list, but >> let my clarify that my intent is not to revisit the current licensing >> policy of Wikimedia projects. >> >> I just thought that this could be useful to someone advocating for the >> use of fully libre licenses (the ones without any non-commercial >> clauses) outside Wikimedia projects, as it shows how the non-commercial >> clause could be interpreted by some actors that have resources and >> rights to go to court over your use of the work. >> >>> And secondly, there's nothing to prevent a rights owner >>> from granting a full/libre licence if they want to for the works they >> own: >>> so why would one need to advocate for it, here or anywhere else? >> Because many people think that non-commercial is good enough, for >> instance MPs establishing laws touching Freedom of Panorama. >> >> Best, >> Yury. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
