Episode 0x08: Strictly Commercial

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x08_Strictly-Commercial.ogg"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in Ogg/Vorbis format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_ogg_button.png"/></a> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x08_Strictly-Commercial.mp3"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in MP3 format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_mp3_button.png"/></a> </p> <p> <p><a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/">Bradley</a> and <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/about/team/#karen">Karen</a> discuss non-commercial-only commons licenses, particularly the CC-By-NC license, and how they compare to Free Culture and Free Software licenses, and why some authors pick NC licenses instead of Free Culture/Software ones.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:36)</h4> <ul> <li>Listeners seeking a show on how to select a Free Software license, differences between copyleft and non-copyleft, and how they interact with copyright are encouraged to <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2009/mar/03/0x08/">listen to episode 0x08 of the old <cite>Software Freedom Law Show</cite> which covered these topics</a>. Please write in again if that show doesn't cover your questions on the issue. (02:10)</li> <li>Bradley reminisced about the crass &ldquo;Brian and O'Brien&rdquo; show on Baltimore's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WZFT#B-104">B-104</a> <a href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2002-08-23/news/0208230279_1_huddles-probation-officer-debts/2">Gary Huddles who was notorious locally in Baltimore because he was implicated in Maryland's version of the 1980s Savings and Loan scandals</a>. (03:30)</a> <li>Karen mentioned that <a href="http://freedomdefined.org/Definition">freedomdefined.org</a> is the source for the Free Culture definition that <a href="http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses">defines what licenses are Free Culture licenses</a>. (12:54)</li> <li>Bradley suggested listening to some of the old versions of <a href="http://stallman.org">RMS</a>' <cite>Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks</cite>. In fact, there is an <a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/rms-speech-mit2001.ogg">audio recording</a> of the <a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/#2001">one at MIT on 19 April 2001 that Bradley attended</a>, <em>and</em> an <a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/1552-01_richard_stallman_copyright_vs_community.ogg">audio recording</a> of the one that <a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/#2009">Bradley heard at Cardozo Law School</a>. There is <a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/1552-02_richard_stallman_copyright_vs_community_q&a.ogg">audio of the Q&amp;A session</a>, wherein RMS engages in that discussion Bradley mentioned with Free Culture activists. (10:10, 14:04)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned that <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070210224351/http://hotwired.goo.ne.jp/matrix/9709/5_linus.html">Linus Torvalds switched to GPL for Linux because he realized non-commercial restrictions weren't appropriate</a>. (Search the string GPL on that link to find Linus' answer on that.) (19:00)</li> <li>Karen mentioned that Creative Commons did a <a href="http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Defining_Noncommercial">study considering what people understand commercial vs. non-commercial to mean</a>. (20:43)</li> <li>Karen and Bradley discussed the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode">text of CC-By-NC</a>. (23:00)</li> <li>Karen mentioned various CC-By-SA licensed derivatives that had been made from <a href="http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/"><cite>Sita Sings the Blues</cite></a>. (38:24)</li> <li>Bradley discussed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._and_JK_Rowling_vs._RDR_Books">Harry Potter Lexicon case</a> and Karen mentioned the so-called <a href="http://ipcolloquium.com/mobile/2009/09/derivative-work/">IP Colloquium discussion on it</a>. (44:30)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned <a href="http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Portal:Main">Memory Alpha, which is a CC-By-NC wiki regarding <cite>Star Trek</cite></a>, which is tolerated by Paramount. (45:20)</li> </ul> <hr width="80%"/> <p>Send feedback and comments on the cast to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a>. You can keep in touch with <a href="https://faif.us">Free as in Freedom</a> on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by <a href="http://identi.ca/conservancy">following Conservancy on identi.ca</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/conservancy">and Twitter</a>.</p> <p>Free as in Freedom is produced by <a href="http://danlynch.org/blog/">Dan Lynch</a> of <a href="http://danlynch.org/">danlynch.org</a>. Theme music written and performed by <a href="http://www.miketarantino.com">Mike Tarantino</a> with <a href="http://www.charliepaxson.com">Charlie Paxson</a> on drums.</p> <p><a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" hspace=10 /></a> The content of <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">this audcast</span>, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>. </p>