Submitted by tnstaec in freeAsInFreedom
I've been thinking about this a bit. Maybe someone more versed in libre theory can parse this out and clarify any misunderstandings.
I think we can all agree that intellectual property is bullshit. But living under capitalism we abide by some of its conventions out of sheer practicality. For example, radical bookstores have to pay rent and sell commodities in order to spread radical community and ideas. In this light maybe it would be more strategic for us to implement Non-Commercial licenses to prevent the hard work of anti-capitalists from being recuperated. This might avoid situations such Google building it's proprietary Android on top of previously open-sourced Linux.
jaidedctrl wrote (edited )
Using CC-NC isn't too bad, really, but I only release my stuff under the CC BY-SA. I think restricting usage of cultural works and demanding people beg for permission to do something is an unnecessary inequal relationship. Releasing under the NC is an extra barrier to sharing-- if a capitalist uses your work and distributes it, even if their motives aren't in the right place, the work still gets around. Isn't that really what we want?
The NC's biggest problem is that people running things like radical bookstores wouldn't be able to sell it unless you grant them an exception. If you're easy to contact (and make it clear you'll grant exceptions to anti-capitalist groups, appropriate uses, etc, hopefully with few or no strings attached), then it's easier to circumvent that issue.