On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:51:20PM -0700, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Evan Prodromou wrote:
The main idea is to store as much rights
information as possible in
machine-readable format. For me, I want to be able to put
automatically-generated copyright notices on the printable version of
a page.
Just as a point of reference, machine-readable licensing is a big BIG
deal to Larry Lessig. He goes on about it every time I talk to him.
I'm not sure I see his point, but I also don't see any harm in it.
There's a problem when software starts to enforce that.
At this point is changes from copyright owner having a few
rights described in law, to him having absolute control
not bound by any laws.
Anyway, it'd be much better to delete every image of dubious legal status
straight away.