On 3/7/07, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not a lawyer, but if you read the whole thing it says this in section 4b:
"You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works."
So, which of the following activities are allowed, and which are not?
1) Sending the work on a CD-R to anyone who asks for it, but charging them for the cost of the CD 2) Sending the work on a CD-R to anyone who asks for it, but charging them the cost of shipping 3) Using the work as part of an advertisement 4) Using the work on a webpage that also contains ads I placed there 5) Using the work on a webpage that also contains ads placed there by my webhost 6) Using the work on a webpage that also contains Amazon referral links 7) Using the work on a webpage that links to another webpage that contains ads I placed there 8) Using the work on a webpage that also solicits donations 9) Sending the work to someone in exchange for goods or services
A strict reading of the license clause would seem to prohibit everything except #9.