on promoting global jam... what is the hashtag for identi.ca and twitter..?
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Greg Grossmeier <g...@grossmeier.net> wrote: > Hi all, sorry for my late response. Comments inline. > > <quoting name="Niels Kjøller Hansen" date="2009-09-22" time="09:02:56 +0200"> > >> man, 21 09 2009 kl. 22:57 +0200, skrev Leandro Gómez: >> > 2009/9/21, Søren Bredlund Caspersen <soeren....@gmail.com>: >> > > 2009/9/21 Leandro Gómez <leo.tel...@gmail.com>: >> > >> 2009/9/20 Søren Bredlund Caspersen <soeren....@gmail.com> >> >> <SNIP> >> >> > >> I understand the license this way: >> > >> >> > >> If you're using the graphics for promoting the event, it's ok to not >> > >> attribute the author. It's the UGJ we're promoting and there's no need >> > >> to >> > >> link to the authors site. >> > >> >> > >> But, if you're distributing the artwork or making derivated use of it, >> > >> then >> > >> you must attribute. >> > > >> > > Can someone please confirm this? If you use these graphics to promote >> > > the event, you don't have to live up to the license requirement of >> > > attribution? Can there be made this kind of exceptions from the CC >> > > license? >> > >> > >From the CC website: >> > >> > "If the work itself contains any copyright notices placed there by the >> > copyright holder, you must leave those notices in tact, or reproduce >> > them in a way that is reasonable to the medium in which you are >> > re-publishing the work." >> > >> > The work itself (the .png graphic) doesn't contain any copyright >> > notice, so IMHO you're not violating the license. >> > >> > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FFAQ#How_do_I_properly_attribute_a_Creative_Commons_licensed_work.3F >> > >> >> As I read it, the five bulletpoints on the linked FAQ-entry has an >> implied AND in it. So just because the work doesn't contain a copyright >> notice, it doesn't forego any attribution. > > That is correct. You must always give attribution to an author according > to ANY of the CC licenses. > >> According to the CC-BY-SA license, every redistribution (even displaying >> the button on your webpage) must be accompanied by the authors name and >> a link to the license. > > Yep, see above. > >> However, the author IS allowed to grant every exception he or she likes. >> So if the author thinks that "If you're using the graphics for promoting >> the event, it's ok to not attribute the author.", then this is a >> legitimate exception. > > Correct, but those kinds of exceptions, as they are not a part of the > license, lead to confusion/only some people knowing about it, which you > say below... > >> >> But my point is that this is NOT implicit in the license and HAS to be >> stated by the author in order to be applicable. So instead of each user >> of the work should have to dig through this mailing list, stating this >> exception on the wiki-page would be benificial. > > I agree that the author stating their additional exceptions everywhere > they post it is helpful, and needed practically. > > > So, in sum: the CC licenses say to always give attribution (otherwise > you're plagarizing anyways, which isn't copyright infringement, but it > is still "Not Cool"), but any author can state that they don't care about > certain things. But doing so muddies the waters of what someone can and > can't do with their work. > > All the best, > > Greg > > > Note: I work for Creative Commons but I am NOT A LAWYER. > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > -- Efrain Valles https://launchpad.net/~effie-jayx Ubuntu LoCo Council Member Ubuntu Membership Board of the Americas Member Vento Developer https://launchpad.net/vento -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
