On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 06:01, Richard Fontana<rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > With the licensing switch from OPL to CC-BY-SA, there is some interest > in using Creative Commons' logos and CC-BY-SA license button image > thingies in generated Fedora documentation and the Fedora wiki. This is > raising some questions about whether we can actually package the > logo/button thingies in Publican and whether indeed such content can be > used on Fedora websites. > > Based on discussions I have had with Spot, the default terms of use for > such content[1] clash with Fedora legal policy concerning freely > redistributable content. Moreover, based on preliminary communication > with lawyers for Creative Commons I believe we do not have permission > to package these logo/button thingies in Publican, regardless of Fedora > legal policy. > > We are planning on exploring with Creative Commons' lawyers the > possibility of getting sufficient additional permission to address some > of these impediments, but for the time being we should assume that the > CC logo/button thingies can't be used by Fedora. > > - RF > > [1]See http://creativecommons.org/policies > > -- > Richard E. Fontana > Red Hat, Inc. Good Morning Richard, Ahhh... I see what you mean. The page says: Creative Commons License Buttons: The Creative Commons buttons that describe a key term of our license, such as BY, NC, ND, SA, Sampling, Sampling Plus and Noncommercial Sampling Plus may only be used in the context of pointing to a Creative Commons license on the Creative Commons server that includes that license term or to otherwise describe the Creative Commons license, that includes that license term and that applies to a particular work. But we can't "point" to the website because these are books and not a webpage. I went through the license survey again and noted for "offline" work that we should use the following text: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. It doesn't say anything about using the image. Thanks for the catch! --Eric -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
