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Re:CC-NC considered harmful by mcguire on Friday September 07, 2012 @05:15PM (#4491212)
"I haven't contributed much to Wikipedia, but what little I DO contribute wouldn't be there if Jimmy Wales owned it all. Instead, it is available for anyone to reuse... for good OR for bad."

Does anyone remember CDDB?

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Re:CC-NC considered harmful by hollerith on Saturday September 08, 2012 @12:02AM (#4492200)
Yes. I would call that an example where a CC license would have been better.
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