The confound here is how researchers *understand* those licenses. As part of a group routinely invested in asking folks to reconsider their NC/ND preference, my experience is that people often fear hypothetical scenarios associated with the words “commercial” or “derivative”. 1/3 https://twitter.com/cshperspectives/status/1362747095346794503

Conversely, when people understand the practical implications of these licenses, they often change their perception and choices. This has been my consistent experience for years. 2/3 https://twitter.com/readermeter/status/1134201336688340992

So when you hear “people have a strong preference for NC/ND” license, instead of “having an aversion to undesirable scenarios”, you really need to consider what information they have access to from the venues they publish in. Fin 3/3 https://twitter.com/readermeter/status/1357870945596100609