Open Media Review

Creative Commons Questionnaire on the Meaning of Non-Commercial

The Creative Commons opened a survey a few weeks back to help them investigate how people understand the non-commercial condition of their licenses. This aspect has been one of the more difficult to define and explain. Attribution, no derivatives and share alike are relatively easy to follow by comparison.

I’ve already taken the survey and encourage you to do the same if you are a creator or consumer of works using a non-commercial license. They’ve extended the deadline to December 14th so you still have about a week to participate. The questionnaire does take some time and thought. The questions are not simple by any stretch. Many require you to express a judgement of how much you agree with some non-trivial statements and scenarios.

I very much look forward to the findings. The more folks that participate, the better the analysis. Regardless, I am very pleased to see the Creative Commons tackle this question to help better define, explain and document the non-commercial license choice.

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