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  • From: "Mike Linksvayer" <ml AT creativecommons.org>
  • To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Color-coding, was Re: Getting to Version 3.0
  • Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 07:54:21 -0700 (PDT)

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. :)

--
Mike Linksvayer
http://creativecommons.org/about/people#21






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