Re: [Phys-L] textbook prices

[rjensen@ualberta.ca]

A clarification on CC licenses. I was specifically referring to the
non-commercial (NC) attribute. CC-BY-NC-?? cannot be marketed from a
website that pushes commercial content as well.

The book John referred to 
 https://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics
is CC-BY, which means anyone can sell it for profit. 

https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Defining_Noncommercial
http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2301

FYI: The CC NC report indicates that the majority of people consider a
tuition-charging institution a commercial user.

 Dr. Roy Jensen
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 Lecturer, Chemistry
 W5-19, University of Alberta
 780.248.1808




On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:38:04 -0500, you wrote:

> Only $400? My colleague pointed out this text to me that he was interested in (until he found out the price):
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Shaped-Charges-W-Walters/dp/0471621722 <http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Shaped-Charges-W-Walters/dp/0471621722>
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