-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank Ellermann wrote: > === boilerplate === > > > But it's at the _bottom_. You don't have to scroll down there if it > > doesn't interest you. > > The bottom does interest me, it's where the "edit" link is, plus diff > and last editor. As it is when I go to the bottom I see (almost) only > the huge footer and (almost) nothing of the actual content.
So you want the credits gone because you cannot access the "edit" and related links simply by pressing <End>? > === license === > > > I object to removing the license statement. It should be included in > > all pages. Wikipedia does it the same way -- better safe than sorry. > > Openspf.org isn't wikipedia, we have the same license for (almost) all > pages. As an example why "home" / "legalese" / "imprint" (pick one) > links on all pages might be better: > > In Germany the "imprint" must be reachable with at most two clicks, in > an obvious way. That doesn't affect us yet, but a layout that could > be used as is on a hypothetical www.openspf.eu site IMO makes sense. I seriously hope I won't live to the day openspf.org falls under German jurisdiction and, thus, "imprint" regulations. > I "hope" it's not only me who hates excessive legalese "everywhere". It's certainly not just you. But what does the word "excessive" have to do with the 1-2 lines license note at hand? > With links to one central page we could explain what it means for non- > lawyers [...]. I think the GNU and CC websites do a sufficiently good job at explaining the licenses for non-lawyers, especially the CC site. Have you looked at them? > BTW, I'd add rel="license" to the CC link. Is this standardized anywhere? > For the GFDL I've no clue what it means, all I ever did with a GFDL > document was to convert its "info" format to "xhtml" and publish the > result. IIRC it was a pain to preserve the complete GFDL in the XHTML > output). GFDL? We use the GPL. BTW, see [1] for a discussion of GPL vs. GFDL. References: 1. http://www.schlitt.net/spf/spf-council/2006/08/12_irc_log.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGGYJMwL7PKlBZWjsRAsIqAJ90L8d1z7qxLND7aFRNKhjJfOfqdACdGHZZ mEQ9qjx6uusPxBArqgU1RF4= =xhsi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=1996
