[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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