[cc-community] CC needs a default form of attribution?

Mike Linksvayer ml at creativecommons.org
Mon Apr 28 15:18:57 EDT 2008


On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Evan Prodromou <evan at prodromou.name> wrote:
>  That's just bad writing in the license deeds, and I wish it were changed.
> The attribution requirement says that you must show the name of the author
> or designated organization, the original title, note any changes you've
> made, and a licensing URL if it's included. Licensors are not free to make
> up weird attribution demands on their own.

Sigh, I apologize for not pushing on this the last time you made a
concrete suggestion. Rolling up

http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-licenses/2007-August/005992.html
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-licenses/2007-August/005999.html

I think we have this suggestion:

"Attribution. You must credit the author and/or designated
organization by name; note the title of the work; and give the URI
and/or text of any copyright notices. If you change the work, you must
note the changes."

vs the current

"Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by
the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they
endorse you or your use of the work)."

Including the non-endorsement stuff would obtain something like

"Attribution. You must credit the author and/or designated
organization by name (but not in any way that suggests that they
endorse you or your use of the work); note the title of the work; and
give the URI and/or text of any copyright notices. If you change the
work, you must note the changes."

Any feedback on that? I'll see what is thought of it internally.

Thanks!
Mike


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