Hi Maike: A few explanations to help unravel the enigma: First, you should understand that there are two different licenses involved here, not a choice of one. The first - the deposit license - is (roughly) a licence that the depositor grants to the repository. It is not optional, and does not display to users in the item display. For many institutions, it is a legal requirement. It is a standard 'click-thru' license in the sense that the grantor can only accept or reject it (as you note). The license.default you mention contains this license text. The second - CC license - is (roughly) a license that an author grants to consumers of her work. It is entirely optional (as you note with the cc-enable property), and *does* prominently display to users in the item page. Here, the submitter *can* choose from a set of licenses that reflect the desire to control/share content.
What is confusing is that they both appear in the submission work-flow (first CC, then deposit), and the the CC is a mini-workflow in itself consisting if steps in an Iframe. Many have lamented the 'brittle' Iframe, but it was the only programmatic access we had when it was first offered. Now there are 'web'service' interfaces to CC that should probably be adopted (volunteers welcome!). Hope this helps, Richard Quoting Maike Dulk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > I noticed some really strange behaviour in our DSpace installation. > > It is the Creative Commons licensing. > > When the setting in dspace.cfg is set to true > > #### Creative Commons settings ###### > # are Creative Commons licenses used in submission? > webui.submit.enable-cc = true > > the Creative Commons section of the submission process has TWO > separate steps. The first one is the one that has the iFrame that > displays the Creative Commons webpage in it, and there are two choices > that the submitter can set before accepting the license. > After that, there is another step that asks another time whether the > submitter wants to accept the Creative Commons license. This page is > much simpler and has no choices, only two buttons - either "I Grant > the License" or "I Do Not Grant the License" . > > The strange thing is that the first stage points to a version of the > CC license that is NOT the one that we want to use, and that I have > entered in the default.license config file. We want to use the > Canadian 2.5 license, but it displays - AND attaches - the generic 3.0 > CC license. > That second stage does point to the Canadian 2.5 version license - but > it is apparently discarded. > > The strangeness becomes more apparent when I do this: > > #### Creative Commons settings ###### > # are Creative Commons licenses used in submission? > webui.submit.enable-cc = false > > In that case, there is no longer the first step (the iFrame one) - but > the second step (the one with the url to the Canadian version and the > "I Grant the License" or "I Do Not Grant the License" buttons) STILL > comes up. But submissions do not have the CC license attached .. which > does make some sense, since it is disabled. > > > So I'd really like to know: > - what makes this second step appear even though the CC is disabled in > dspace.cfg? > - How can I turn it off? > - where can I make the first CC license point to the right CC license > version (Canadian 2.5) ? It is not in the default.license .. since > that is set to the Canadian one. > - if we could get the second step to work with the right CC version > that would be even better, since it is much simpler than that brittle > iFrame mechanism > > My gosh, this is *complex*. > > thanks in advance, > maike > > ---------- > Maike Dulk - Programmer / Analyst > McPherson Library, University of Victoria > (t) 250-886-5709 / (e) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Harthon gerithach aeair vilui / I hope you will have kind seas > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
