[cc-licenses] Color-coding, was Re: Getting to Version 3.0
Mike Linksvayer
ml at creativecommons.org
Thu May 18 10:54:21 EDT 2006
On Thu, May 18, 2006 07:13, Terry Hancock wrote:
> "Free" licenses have cool colors (say):
>
> GREEN = free / non-copyleft
> BLUE = free copyleft
>
> While "non-free" licenses have hot colors:
>
> YELLOW = Non-Commercial
> ORANGE = Non-derivative (& NC-ND)
> RED = More restrictive licenses (e.g. EULAs)
We're working on a very similar color scheme. Drafts were proposed to
cc-icommons a couple months ago. I think a number of people have arrived
at this independently, which means it must be a good idea. :)
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Mike Linksvayer
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