Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Kat Walsh <kat AT creativecommons.org>]

Thanks for catching this! Fixed now.

-Kat

On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Maarten Zeinstra <mz AT kl.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There seems to be an error still in the BY license deed, see
> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstaging.creativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby%2F4.0%2Flegalcode&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1&group=0&verbose=1&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.3+http%3A%2F%2Fvalidator.w3.org%2Fservices:
>
> These lines:
>
> <!-- <p class="shaded"><a name="languages">Additional languages
> available</a>:  Please read the <a
> href="//wiki.creative.commons.org/FAQ">FAQ</a> for more information about
> official translations.   -->
>
> </p>
>
> Should be
>
> <!-- <p class="shaded"><a name="languages">Additional languages
> available</a>:  Please read the <a
> href="//wiki.creative.commons.org/FAQ">FAQ</a> for more information about
> official translations.
>
> </p>-->
>
>
> the closing </p> needs to be in the commented section.
>
> The others check out in the validator.
>
> I haven't looked at the content of the pages.
>
> Best,
>
> Maarten
>
>
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>
> On 5 Mar 2014 at 1:39:22 , Kat Walsh (kat AT creativecommons.org) wrote:
>
> Corrected files are now up on our staging site and will replace the
> existing pages next Tuesday:
>
> http://staging.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
> http://staging.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
> http://staging.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
> http://staging.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode
> http://staging.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode
> http://staging.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
>
> (With thanks to Gisle Hannemyr from CC Norway, who produced a template
> for the new files.)
>
> If you spot any new errors not present in the pages as originally
> published, please let us know by next Monday! (If you spot any old
> errors that exist in both versions, please also let us know so that we
> can note the error.)
>
> -Kat
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Kat Walsh <kat AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
>> The HTML for the 4.0 licenses as published doesn't validate correctly.
>> While it should currently display as intended for all browsers we're
>> aware of, we are planning to correct the files so that they do
>> validate--which requires that we make a change to the published files.
>>
>> It is a best practice that the HTML validates, for many reasons, many
>> of which are given here: http://validator.w3.org/docs/why.html
>>
>> We think it is important that everyone reading the legal code sees it
>> correctly, now and in the future, as small things like section
>> numbering and formatting can be significant. A few months ago we set
>> out a policy for what is and isn't legal code:
>> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Legal_code
>>
>> We believe this falls under the category of things that are not
>> considered legal code. However, this type of change isn't mentioned
>> specifically in the policy, and so we will be adding it to the list as
>> "HTML and other coding that does not change the user's view of legal
>> code elements". (We will also note the change to the files as a
>> footnote on the errata page.)
>>
>> If you're currently producing a translation starting from the version
>> of 4.0 as published, we recommend that you check your completed files
>> against the corrected version when it is available, as we will be
>> requiring that the files validate before publication.
>>
>> -Kat
>>
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>> Kat Walsh, Counsel, Creative Commons
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>
>
>
> --
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Kat Walsh, Counsel, Creative Commons
IM/IRC/@/etc: mindspillage * phone: please email first
Help us support the commons: https://creativecommons.net/donate/
California Registered In-House Counsel #801759
CC does not and cannot give legal advice. If you need legal advice,
please consult your attorney.