NEF Confusion over Creative Commons Non-Commercial License Being Open

Clear example of an organisation applying a non-open Creative Commons license but thinking it is open:

Illustrates the potential for confusion from the use of general Creative Commons branding (people talk about the brand rather than a given license and imagine that all CC license are “open”). For more see:

• Creative Commons and the Commons
• Making a Real Commons: Creative Commons should Drop the Non-Commercial and No-Derivatives Licenses