Frank Ellermann wrote: > [snip] >> An analogous scenario is when I distribute some piece of open >> source software under the Apache license. The zip I >> distribute contains the ASF LICENSE file. It also happens to >> contain jars for a number of dependencies from other >> projects, all of which are individually licensed. > > Okay, but your license would cover something "real" in the zip, > files you have created. It's not only about your arrangement > of content collected from 3rd parties. Or is that precisely > the idea of the rel="license" for a feed ? >
Yes. I've clarified this in the next draft. Feed licenses cover the metadata of the feed including the selection and arrangement of entries. For instance, I may put up a service that automatically ranks blog entries from various sites based on various criteria and produces a feed that represents the top ten highest ranking entries. > Then folks like me could need a hint that what they really want > is a rel="license" for each of their own entries, because there > is no global default. > Yes, hopefully I've clarified this in the new draft that should be published shortly. Thank you for taking the time to review the draft and offer comments. - James _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
