Commercial Rights Reserved - CC Wiki

"This is an active proposal for the treatment of the NonCommercial licenses, as of November 2012. It is still just a proposal and may not ultimately reflect the decision of Creative Commons. One proposal still being considered for the NonCommercial licenses is renaming it to 'Commercial Rights Reserved'. This proposal was brought up already 2008 on the community list [1] and further discussed in detail on the license list early this year[2]. The proposal is for a simple renaming of the "NonCommercial" license element, without any change in the definition of what it covers. However, despite its limited scope, it has several possible benefits. A criticism of the NC licenses is that many licensors choose them without understanding exactly what the license element means—and because of this, the license may be used by many more licensors than would otherwise want its conditions. Renaming it to something that more accurately reflects the operation of the license may ensure that it is not unintentionally used by licensors who intend something different..."