[cc-community] License Deed Icons
Robert Atwood
lists at atwood.org.uk
Wed Mar 12 22:44:53 EDT 2008
Terry Hancock wrote:
> Robert Atwood wrote:
>> SOunds like a good idea to me FWIW ... with the caveat that in some
>> cases simplifying to a few icons may be too much oversimplification,
>> that seems to be a problem that could be, IMHO, with the GFDL mentioned
>> at the beginning of this thread... I gues you put a (by) and a (sa) but
>> then you need somehting that says (and with invariant) and(variable)
>> and (front matter) and bla bla bla. Then you get a lot of icons.
>
> Well, the point is to visually classify licenses, not to define them.
> Obviously, there will be detail that exceeds the limits of the "deed"
> system. Probably the invariant stuff in FDL will just require text.
>
> Maybe we need a circle with an asterisk (*) for "be sure to read the
> fine print" ?!
>
> Cheers,
> Terry
>
Yes that's not a bad idea, fwiw it would satisfy my concern I guess.
Of course you always should read it :-) but maybe some fine print is
'more equal than others' ;-)
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