verifying the license (Aaron Swartz)

Aaron Swartz me at aaronsw.com
Sun Nov 24 19:08:42 EST 2002


> If you have your public key on your web site that would seem to 
> provide a reasonable way of checking no?
Sure, but it's no more secure than listing the works and their licenses 
on your website.

> The signed CC meta-data would include a link to the homepage with your
> public-key on it.
Anyone who can create fraudulent metadata can link to a fraudulent 
homepage/public key.

> "evil-doers" :-) might be tracked down more easily.
There are many easy ways to anonymously publish public keys.

> And perhaps more realistically, the search engine itself could keep 
> track
This can be done without public keys.

-- 
Aaron Swartz [http://www.aaronsw.com]




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