[Foundation-l] Creative Commons publishes report on defining "Non-commercial", Is Wikpedia non commercial?

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Wed Sep 16 08:08:43 UTC 2009


jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com wrote:
> Sorry,
> But my question is not if we as a wikimedia group is violating the license,
> but if they as users are.
> I would like a professional opinion on the question :
>
>     Is wikipedia non commercial or commercial non profit?
>
>   
It's hard to say as long as it hasn't been before the courts.  A 
professional opinion is just as much a guess as anyone else's.

Even if it turns out to be commercial, it only means something if 
someone tries to enforce that aspect of the licence.

Ec



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