[od-discuss] Open Data Buttons

[Peter Murray-Rust]

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have recently been asked what the precise legal situation is with our
> Open Data / Open Content / Open Knowledge buttons. Do they imply CC-BY?
> CC-BY-SA? Or are they non-specific?
>
> For example, if someone were to publish a CC-BY article and include an
> image with one of our buttons inserted in the bottom corner, what precisely
> would that mean? In what way would that be different from displaying a
> Creative Commons logo?
>

We had some of this discussion during the Panton Principles. John Wilbanks
was clear that a button was not enough - we had to have a licence. My take
would be that a button implied that you should inspect the document for a
licence. I'm assuming that the standard CC phrase like:

Except where otherwise noted<http://wiki.creativecommons.org/policies#license>,
content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/>.

is sufficient

>
> Thanks for your input,
> Laura
>
>
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Peter Murray-Rust
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Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
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