Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

I personally would not use the "the Peer Production License (PPL) which focuses on cooperatives, non-profits, and worker-owned collectives" for the same reason I don't support CC Signals: it transforms the act of sharing onto a form of transaction. Let me be clear: I am fine with any entity using any of my content; that's why I share it openly. I use the non-commercial (NC) clause because I don't want that entity to turn around and somehow require compensation for the use of my material. That's the opposite of sharing. I doesn't matter who does it, whether they're an evil corporation or the most noble non-profit on the planet.

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Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
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