What is the Share No-Resale Clause?

The Share No-Resale Clause is a license condition adapted by Michael of St. Joseph from the original license condition simply called Common Clause. The original license condition was drafted by lawyer Heather Meeker to apply a narrow, minimal-form commercial restriction on top of an existing open source software license. The purpose of adapting the Common Clause into the Share No-Resale Clause is to make this narrow, minimal-form commercial restriction applicable to copyrighted works using Creative Commons licenses. The combined text replaces the existing Creative Commons license, allowing all permissions of the original license to remain except the ability to "sell" the material as defined in the text.

This Clause is not intended to replace licenses of existing Creative Commons projects in general, but to be used by specific projects to satisfy urgent business or legal requirements without resorting to the strictest copyright protections offered by default.

This clause, combined with the CC BY-SA 4.0 license is what I call the "Michael of St. Joseph License" (or, MSJL). I will paste the TL;DR explanation of what is possible with this license below. I intend on publishing my novel under this licensing scheme. For the full explanation check out the link here:

This clause, combined with the CC BY-SA 4.0 license is what I call the "Michael of St. Joseph License" (or, MSJL). I will paste the TL;DR explanation of what is possible with this license below. I intend on publishing my novel under this licensing scheme. For the full explanation check out the link here:
https://michaelofstjoseph.com/license

🪶 I'm a storyteller writing and sharing in common with others ☦️ Currently working on my debut fantasy novel 📖
michaelofstjoseph.com

You are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.

Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

No-Resale — You may not engage in commercial use of the Licensed Material if your commercial use involves the selling of exact or substantially similar copies of the Licensed Material in a product or service.

No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.