Legal code - Revision history

CCID-shinchpearson: redirect to new page

2020-04-13T20:41:30Z

redirect to new page

CCID-diane peters: /* Elements of the license page that are not part of the legal code */

2018-11-29T21:50:36Z

‎Elements of the license page that are not part of the legal code

CCID-shinchpearson: added note about 2018 legal code redesign

2018-06-29T19:56:09Z

added note about 2018 legal code redesign

Kat Walsh: add HTML and other coding elements not affecting display to "not legal code" section

2014-02-11T22:55:31Z

add HTML and other coding elements not affecting display to "not legal code" section

Kat Walsh: +cat

2013-09-10T21:10:39Z

+cat

Kat Walsh: new page

2013-09-10T21:09:21Z

new page

New page

Every Creative Commons license has three layers: the lawyer-readable legal code, the human-readable deed, and the machine-readable code. As the only legally-operative layer, the legal code is the primary layer of the CC licenses. It consists of the text of the licenses, as well as any meaningful formatting and other inseparable elements listed below.

===Elements of the legal code===

*Text of the license (excluding "Using Creative Commons licenses", the CC notice at bottom and disclaimer at the top)
*Title of the license (including version number)
*Formatting of license text (bold, italic, underline, etc.)
*Numbering scheme

===Elements of the license page that are not part of the legal code===
Anything not specifically named as legal code above, including:

*"CC is not a law firm" disclaimer at top
*Creative Commons notice at bottom
*"Using Creative Commons licenses" text
*Formatting of text of notices/disclaimers (except that found in the disclaimer of warranties//limitation of liabilities section of the legal text)
*Formatting of "Using Creative Commons Licenses" text
*Links within the license for internal navigation
*Flag or picture
*Navigational links
*External resources linked to from "Using Creative Commons Licenses" or elsewhere
*Link color
*Text color
*Coloring of header and footer
*Existence of shading of disclaimers and intro material
*Coloring of shading of disclaimers and intro material

==Maintenance of the legal code==

CC has committed to maintaining the legal code of its licenses completely unchanged after publication. Licensors and licensees can depend on the text remaining static, and do not have to check back to see if anything has changed.

Any change to the legal code itself requires CC to release a new version. Small errors may remain in the legal code and be noted as errata; these may be found separately on the [[Legalcode errata|errata page]] or otherwise maintained separately from the main legal code.

Elements of the license page that are not legal code may be changed by CC in its discretion. For example, the disclaimer text may be altered, inter-language links included, or explanatory non-license text added.

The legal code is currently maintained as part of the HTML files that are displayed, where the legal code itself is mixed in with non-legal elements such as stylistic display information and additional text. There does not currently (as of September 2013) exist a file with a canonical version of the legal code without the non-legal code elements of that page, such as the navigational and stylistic elements.

There are proposals to maintain a canonical version of the legal code only, which have been set aside to be reconsidered sometime after the launch of 4.0. One presentation of this idea by CC staff [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-devel/2013-April/001767.html is posted here].

==See also==

* [[Legalcode errata|Errata in the legal code of various CC licenses]]
* [[4.0_License_Errata_Annotation_Tool|Proposal for an errata annotation tool]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:41, 13 April 2020
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−	~~Every Creative Commons license has three layers~~: the lawyer-readable legal code, the human-readable deed, and the machine-readable code. As the only legally-operative layer, the legal code is the primary layer of the CC licenses. It consists of the text of the licenses, as well as any meaningful formatting and other inseparable elements listed below.	+	'''NEW LOCATION:''' This page has moved to [https://creativecommons.org/legal-code-defined/ Legal Code Defined - Creative Commons].
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−	~~===Elements of the legal code===~~
−
−	*Text of the license (excluding "Using Creative Commons licenses", the CC notice at bottom and disclaimer at the top)
−	*Title of the license (including version number)
−	*Formatting of license text (bold, italic, underline, etc.)
−	*Numbering scheme
−
−	~~===Elements of the license~~ page ~~that are not part of the legal code===~~
−	~~Anything not specifically named as legal code above, including:~~
−
−	*"CC is not a law firm" disclaimer at top
−	*Creative Commons notice at bottom
−	*"Using Creative Commons licenses" text
−	*Formatting of text of notices/disclaimers (except that found in the disclaimer of warranties//limitation of liabilities section of the legal text)
−	*Formatting of "Using Creative Commons Licenses" text
−	*Links within the license for internal navigation
−	*Flag or picture
−	*Navigational links
−	*External resources linked to from "Using Creative Commons Licenses" or elsewhere
−	*Link color
−	*Text color
−	*Coloring of header and footer
−	*Existence of shading of disclaimers and intro material
−	*Coloring of shading of disclaimers and intro material
−	*HTML and other coding that does not change the user's view of legal
−	~~code elements~~
−
−	~~==Maintenance of the legal code==~~
−
−	CC has committed to maintaining the legal code of its licenses completely unchanged after publication. Licensors and licensees can depend on the text remaining static, and do not have to check back to see if anything has ~~changed.~~
−
−	Any change to the legal code itself requires CC to release a new version. Small errors may remain in the legal code and be noted as errata; these may be found separately on the [[Legalcode errata\|errata page]] or otherwise maintained separately from the main legal code.
−
−	Elements of the license page that are not legal code may be changed by CC in its discretion. For example, the disclaimer text may be altered, inter-language links included, or explanatory non-license text added.
−
−	The legal code is currently maintained as part of the HTML files that are displayed, where the legal code itself is mixed in with non-legal elements such as stylistic display information and additional text. There does not currently (as of September 2013) exist a file with a canonical version of the legal code without the non-legal code elements of that page, such as the navigational and stylistic elements.
−
−	~~There are proposals to maintain a canonical version of the legal code only, which have been set aside~~ to ~~be reconsidered sometime after the launch of 4.0. One presentation of this idea by CC staff~~ [~~http~~://~~lists.ibiblio~~.org/~~pipermail/cc~~-~~devel~~/~~2013~~-~~April/001767.html is posted here].~~
−
−	~~A note that on 27 June 2018, CC updated some of the design elements of the legal code pages, but did not change the legal code.~~
−
−	~~==See also==~~
−
−	* [[Legalcode errata\|Errata in the legal code of various CC licenses]]
−	* [[4.~~0_License_Errata_Annotation_Tool\|Proposal for an errata annotation tool]]~~
−
−	~~[[Category:Legal]]~~

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:56, 29 June 2018
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	There are proposals to maintain a canonical version of the legal code only, which have been set aside to be reconsidered sometime after the launch of 4.0. One presentation of this idea by CC staff [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-devel/2013-April/001767.html is posted here].		There are proposals to maintain a canonical version of the legal code only, which have been set aside to be reconsidered sometime after the launch of 4.0. One presentation of this idea by CC staff [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-devel/2013-April/001767.html is posted here].
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		+	A note that on 27 June 2018, CC updated some of the design elements of the legal code pages, but did not change the legal code.

	==See also==		==See also==

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:10, 10 September 2013
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	* [[Legalcode errata\|Errata in the legal code of various CC licenses]]		* [[Legalcode errata\|Errata in the legal code of various CC licenses]]
	* [[4.0_License_Errata_Annotation_Tool\|Proposal for an errata annotation tool]]		* [[4.0_License_Errata_Annotation_Tool\|Proposal for an errata annotation tool]]
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		+	[[Category:Legal]]

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 *Existence of shading of disclaimers and intro material
 *Coloring of shading of disclaimers and intro material
-"HTML and other coding that does not change the user's view of legal
+*HTML and other coding that does not change the user's view of legal
 code elements