Our laboratory works in the Public Domain except as noted. You’ve quoted from my article which is in the Public Domain, copyright-free. But if I include your kind words in a letter of mine, then my entire letter “builds upon your work” and so my entire letter is placed under this license, and so does every reply, and for all I know, our entire archive. Note that the law is not clear as to what is fair use, so in practice, regardless of what the license says, it is restricting fair use.

Also, our laboratory attempts to give everything away, but that does not mean we are noncommercial. Indeed, in order to have sustainable activity we need to be commercial. In fact, the whole point of me caring about your kind words is that I might attract attention that could lead to commercial activity. What noncommercial use could one have from your blog I don’t know. So the “noncommercial” feature of the license actually favors those who are “nonsustainable”, those who do not need to worry about making a living.

In general, the license restricts those who care about the rules and frees those who don’t care. Shouldn’t it work the other way?

This is why we work in the Public Domain except as noted http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org Your “share a like” clause conflicts with “except as noted”!

I invite you and all to join our Minciu Sodas laboratory’s working groups Cyfranogi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyfranogi on community currency, open economy, participatory society led by John Rogers of WICC and also Back to the Root http://groups.yahoo.com/group/backtotheroot/ on leadership development led by Jeff Buderer.

As you know, we serve independent thinkers and encourage the investigatory approach that you are clearly and openly taking. And perhaps we might do business! I’m currently working with Thomas Kalka to create a system for keeping track of who in our network is available for work. Peace, Andrius