Then it sounds to me like the community edits were copy-edits, rather a replacement for the kind of work a professional fiction editor would do. Even if the comments went into detail about plot holes etc, it sounds a bit more like a workshop-type interaction where participants critique the author's work (except that usually it's also vice versa).
You're probably aware that there are several long-running writing workshops dedicated to SF/F. These are 'communities' who provide 'edits' of the sort you describe. Have none of the resulting novels ever been released under a CC license? Did no CC-releasing author ever workshop their book in some kind of a community?
Then it sounds to me like the community edits were copy-edits, rather a replacement for the kind of work a professional fiction editor would do. Even if the comments went into detail about plot holes etc, it sounds a bit more like a workshop-type interaction where participants critique the author's work (except that usually it's also vice versa).
You're probably aware that there are several long-running writing workshops dedicated to SF/F. These are 'communities' who provide 'edits' of the sort you describe. Have none of the resulting novels ever been released under a CC license? Did no CC-releasing author ever workshop their book in some kind of a community?