[FM Discuss] updated IBD

Daniel James daniel.james at sourcefabric.org
Mon Jul 2 08:24:44 PDT 2012


Hi Adam,

> i think i wont reply any more as this is a little dull.

If something you've worked on gets ripped off, you won't find the
subject dull at all.

> if you believe in free content/source code you cannot drive a wedge
> between free and free-but-not-for-commercial...

That's not what I'm saying; I'm saying that there is a distinction
between ethical and unethical use, and when use is unethical there often
seems to be a commercial motivation.

I agree that banning commercial use is not the solution, because it
limits the ability of Free culture authors to sustain themselves.
However I totally understand why independent creators put out their
content under no-commercial-use licenses. Not all of us are tenured
academics or highly-paid lawyers.

Cheers!

Daniel





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