Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Kat Walsh <kat AT creativecommons.org>]

Yes, official translations of the legal code will be available at URLs
following that scheme, as the deed translations are.

-Kat



On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Tarmo Toikkanen <tarmo.toikkanen AT iki.fi> 
wrote:
> I have a question on showing license translations. Is there a direct URL for
> each translation, something like
>
> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.fi
>
> To mirror the convention for the deeds? Or how are the various translations
> to be accessed?
>
> --
> Tarmo Toikkanen
> tarmo AT iki.fi
> http://tarmo.fi
>
> On Wednesday 5. 03 2014 at 2.38, Kat Walsh 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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>
>
>
>
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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.