Noncommercial

Some years ago I had the opportunity to address a class taught by my good friend Erik Duval. I spoke about blogging. One of his students, eager to show how technically competent he was, glibly pointed out that the “blogging software” that was just becoming popular (Movable Type as I recall) did not provide any new capabilities. He could already do everything MT did using emacs. Erik’s response ran along the lines of, “Ok, Mr. Smarty Pants. Everyone else will use MT to post their online writing assignments this semester, but you can do all of yours by hand.” After only a moment’s reflection, he realized he had won the battle but lost the war. ...

This should be the largest of all indicators that there is a huge problem with CC’s NC clause - Creative Commons is currently hosting a survey asking the community to help them understand what the term means. I mean, they’re only the authors of the license! :) Head on over and let your voice be heard.