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  • Started 1 year ago by donjohannes
  • Latest reply from diner dash game

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  1. donjohannes
    Member

    Hi,

    I have a question regarding the nature of a non-commercial license. Not being a legal expert I would like to clarify the "private monetary compensation" clause. What does this precisely mean?

    Example:
    For an educational DVD project (1000 copies printed) that is non-profit and will be released under cc license itself, I calculate the material production costs per copy to be around 3 USD. Now if I use content released under the CC license (attribute-non commercial) would it violate the license if these DVDs were distributed for the mere production costs at 3 USD or does this already constitute a commercial use? If so, I guess the only way would be to find sponsors for the 3000 USD

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. mlinksva
    Mike Linksvayer

    Have you looked at http://wiki.creativecommons.org/NC ?

    Note those documents are not the final word.

    If you're really not certain and think it matters, use work that isn't licensed with the NC term.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. donjohannes
    Member

    Thanks Mike,

    I had looked at the page but my question remained, because for me as a layman some legal terms remained unspecified. From what I read and how I plan to use the content I would think, that its non-commercial use, but I want to be sure and do things right, because I do not have the financial background for some legal struggle. I guess one way would also be to contact the author of the content and ask his permission just in case.

    More thoughts are welcome,

    Thanks,
    Johannes

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. mlinksva
    Mike Linksvayer

    I'm afraid I can't give you a definitive answer.

    As I said above, the safe approach is that if you think your use could be considered commercial -- find some content to use that doesn't have the NC term -- or ask the permission of the owner(s) of the content in question.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. diner dash game
    Member

    I have the same problem. I was thinking of just contacting the owner. It's less confusing, I think.

    Posted 1 month ago #

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