[pp.int.general] Commercial use of functional works

[Christian Hufgard]

Boris Turovskiy wrote:
> Edison Carter wrote:
>> "Noncommercial" is a huge can of worms wherever it appears. There's an
>> entire spectrum between the clearcut case of 'selling a copy' and ...
>> I think there is possibly not even a clearcut case of 'non-commercial?
> Actually it's pretty clear defined by the respective tax authorities,
> since they monitor any commercial activity quite closely to get their
> taxes:) And attempts to make something look "non-commercial" while still
> aiming at receiving profit have a much longer history than copyright
> issues:) So I think we shouldn't try to invent a wheel here.


There is still lot of space for non-commercial activities you are still
allowed to earn money with...

There are a try to define what authors and user of arts think what is "non
commercial":

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Defining_Noncommercial


Christian