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diff --git a/microposts/nc-nd.org b/microposts/nc-nd.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..53a9265 --- /dev/null +++ b/microposts/nc-nd.org @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +#+title: The CC BY-NC-SA license is bad, don't use it +#+date: <2022-03-03> + +The CC BY-NC-SA license permits remix, but forbids commercial use +(therefore nonfree). It is a weird frankenstein that combines +copyleft with nonfree elements. As a result, works under this license +will beget derived works, which will also be nonfree because of the +ShareAlike (SA). It is a mistake by Creative Commons, which should +have not designed any noncommercial licenses, or if it really wanted +to, made noncommercial an optional clause of NoDerivative (ND) +licenses. + +Please do the public a favour and don't release your work under the +NC-SA license. If you really do not want to allow commercial use, +please use NC-ND instead to avoid nonfree derivatives. |