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Because they wanted to disallow commercial use.

• lightgreen 7y ago
  AFAIU this license allows commercial use, but requires attribution.
  • Freak_NL 7y ago
    Commercial use is explicitly disallowed. https://www.britishmuseum.org/terms-use/copyright-and-permissions https://www.britishmuseum.org/terms-use/copyright-and-permis... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• scotty79 7y ago
  And they want to disallow that because.... ?
  • Symbiote 7y ago
    They can make money from it, and with their funding being cut by the government, they must try and find other sources of income. "A spokeswoman for the [British] museum confirms to artnet News that it is facing “considerable” financial pressure from the reduction in real terms of grant-in-aid from government, with its public funding cut by 30 percent since 2010." https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-bp-climate-1614934 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-bp-climate-...
    • scotty79 6y ago
      > They can make money from it Can they really? And if so, it's only at the cost of restricting access to culture, relatively to what's possible. Is it really the right thing to do?