discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work

[KirbyMeister <kirbymeister AT gmail.com>]

Hrm... warning or automatic?

I think we should have a constant user interface between the API and
the site; if people are used to selecting License A on the website and
have it work one way, it could confuse computer neophytes if they
decide to use a CCAPI-enabled program, select License A, and have it
print out some strange warning. It doesnt make sense.

Just my $.02


On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:52:26 -0800, Mike Linksvayer
<ml AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
> Henri Sivonen wrote:
> > I think there needs to be a warning mechanism saying that the licenses
> > for the selected jurisdiction have been updated elsewhere and the
> > licensor should consider using the "Generic" 2.0 licenses.
> 
> I doubt that would fly, at least on the CC website.  The last thing we
> need to do is confuse users more.
> 
> Via the API if you want to check whether a newer "generic" version is
> available than is available in your jurisdiction of interest, invoke the
> API again without a jurisdiction, compare licenses obtained.
> 
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