Fwd: [ext-CC] Re: CC extension

From a conversation about a new effort to add a Creative Commons 
extension to OOo; I just mentioned our work to them, and reply below 
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> Date: October 25, 2006 8:38:01 AM EDT
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> Subject: Re: [ext-CC] Re: CC extension
>
> On Oct 25, 2006, at 3:49 AM, Malte Timmermann wrote:
>
>> So IMHO:
>> - If the license is only a link in the document, pointing to cc.org, 
>> and
>> you just want to remember somewhere that a license was added, use 
>> meta data.
>> - If you want to store a local copy of the license, so people can see 
>> it
>> w/o being online, store it in some license.xml stream in META-INF, 
>> next
>> to the signatures.
>
> I think this is a false choice (metadata vs. local copy). The metadata 
> system would support both options. So you add this to your metadata 
> file:
>
> <cc:license 
> rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/"/>
>
> If you want, then include the RDF files as well in the package (per 
> above):
>
>    <License rdf:about="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">
>      <permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction"/>
>      <permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution"/>
>      <requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice"/>
>      <requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution"/>
>      <permits 
> rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/DerivativeWorks"/>
>      <requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/ShareAlike"/>
>    </License>
>
> My point is there isn't really a need since the file is available on 
> the web.
>
> Bruce
>