<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#666666" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> Hi Tavin,<br> <br> Thanks for your email. You'll need to understand the differences between Public Domain and the release "Guidelines" that Mozilla have used, to understand why it's very difficult to determine if the RSS icon is available for a Public Domain Website. For the most part, I (not necessarily others in the OCAL community) go by, if "there's any doubt, leave it out". "Free" does not mean Public Domain. Have a good comparison at the licences that are "Free" and you will see they are not as "free" as people think they are. (Of course they are better than nothing! But still not "Free.")<br> <br> And to me, there is strong evidence against having the RSS Icon in the Public Domain. However I'm not the only voice, neither am I a legal expert on copyright or public domain. (It's just something I've studied for over 3 years. ;) )<br> <br> You might like to talk to Jon, or Bassel, or some of the other Librarians. What OCAL needs is a legal lawyer, but even then this "debate" has gone on for a long time. :) Even if there were a team of lawyers, it might not be resolved in ten or so more years. By that time I'll have lost interest. I'd rather be creating something new, than hacking at a dead cow, wouldn't you? :)<br> <br> <span style="color: black;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: gray;">Cheers,</p> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: gray;"></span></div> </div> </span>Chovynz<br> <br> On 4/11/2010 8:01 p.m., tavin15 wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTikV-1Yt2KPoXL5w00fnbzz8E2xTja5=9vX45G7n@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi there, the Icon was introduced by the Mozilla foundation and is free: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.feedicons.com/guidelines/">http://www.feedicons.com/guidelines/</a> greetings, Tavin </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>