[cc-devel] CC REST API Updated for Public Domain Mark

Asheesh Laroia asheesh at asheesh.org
Tue Jan 25 10:16:44 EST 2011


On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, John Doig wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> This morning, the CC REST API was updated to include support for the 
> Public Domain Mark and to deprecate the issuing of the retired Public 
> Domain Certification and Dedication. We have also added a new element, 
> `deprecated`, in license responses, that denotes whether or not the 
> issued license has been deprecated by Creative Commons. These changes 
> affect all versions of the REST API, excluding 1.0.

This is a bit of a late reply, but -- it's *great* to see the 'deprecated' 
metadata showing up in the REST API. That's excellent.

And the new Public Domain stuff Mark work been a long time coming. A lot 
of CC fans really appreciate the work CC is doing on revising that, and so 
it's a really welcome sign that it's stable enough to land in the API.

-- Asheesh.

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