Difference between revisions of "LibccLicense"

Purpose

To provide a generic interface to the CC license data, license choice data and license choice logic.

Audience

Application developers who wish to choose and/or verify CC licenses.

Implementation

This library will be implemented in C to provide maximum portability.

Interface

• get_jurisdiction(uri) - returns the jurisdiction for the given license.
• get_jurisdictions(short or bitcode) - returns the available jurisdiction for the given short name or bitcode.
• get_locale(uri) – returns the locale for the given license.
• get_locales(jurisdiction, short or bitcode) – returns the available locales for the given jurisdiction and short name or bitcode.
• get_name(uri) – returns the name of the license.
• get_version(uri) – returns the version of the license.
• get_versions(short, jurisdiction) - returns the available versions for the given short name or bitcode and jurisdiction.
• get_short(uri) - returns the short name for the given uri.
• has_flag(attribute,uri) – returns if the flag is set for the given uri.
• family_flags(family) - returns the flags available for a given family.
• family(uri) – returns the family the given uri belongs to.
• get_notification(uri[,url]) - returns the notification string for the given url with an option to provide a verification url.
• verify_uri(uri) - returns whether or not the given uri is recognized by the system.
• get_license(family,flags, jurisdiction,locale) – returns the uri which satisfies the given attributes.
• get_all_licenses() - returns a null-terminated list of all general licenses available.
• get_general_licenses(family) - returns a null-terminated list of all general licenses in a family.
• get_families() – returns a null-terminated list of available families.

Data Structure

• Data Types (informal)
  • uri
  • name
  • notification
  • deed
  • sampling

Diskwise

• licenses
  • creative_commons_sampling
  • creative_commons
    • licenses
    • flags
    • name
    • general

Bindings

• Python

Uses

libccLicense system implementation guidelines

• Gnome
• KDE
• OpenMoko
• Sugar (OLPC)