[Licenses] Proposal for new "Commercial" clause

[Martin Doucha]

Hello,
I'd like to propose a new alternative to the non-commercial clause that
will both fit within the definition of Free Culture License and ensure
remuneration from commercial use by third parties.

The clause would set only one requirement for commercial use: payment of
fee calculated as a percentage of commercial user's revenue to the
author. The author would be free to set the percentage as high or low as
they want (between 1% and 99%, obviously). The short license name could
be written as e.g. CC BY-C05 for 5% fee or CC BY-C25 for 25% fee.

The non-commercial clause is often interpreted by the public (and even
intentionally used by some authors) as an anti-commercial statement
rather than invitation to ask for a separate commercial license. The new
"Commercial" clause could clear that confusion and bring open licenses
to the more traditional parts of creative market.

Regards,
Martin Doucha

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