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The purpose of a general public license is to establish agreement between two parties, with enough clarity that adjudicating any later disagreements is trivial. The "non-commercial" provision (NC) available with the Creative Commons suite of licenses, however, introduces uncertainty into an otherwise straightforward agreement. The non-commercial provision | The purpose of a general public license is to establish agreement between two parties, with enough clarity that adjudicating any later disagreements is trivial. The "non-commercial" provision (NC) available with the Creative Commons suite of licenses, however, introduces uncertainty into an otherwise straightforward agreement. The non-commercial provision should be avoided on that basis alone. | ||
== The general purpose of a general license == | == The general purpose of a general license == |