[Openicc] License for redistributable profiles

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
>>
>> Why do you care about Creative Commons?
>
> I found there a  license, which seem to cover most of the rquirements I
> discussed offline:
> o prevent misuse of the logos and names of a vendor
> o prevent naming confusion (much of what is in ZLIB's license)
> o keep the original authorship intact

Profiles are often inserted in image files and documents, and quite 
often without the knowledge of someone using/copying those files and 
documents.  These images and files are often placed on web sites which 
use other licenses.  If someone was to extract a profile from an image 
or document, then they might have comitted an offense unless they used 
the officially prescribed name.  I don't see this this critical issue 
addressed in your above list.

For example, if the profiles were GPL licensed, then the 
image/document the profile was inserted in would then need to be 
copied according to the GPL license, referencing the GPL and the 
COPYING license statement.

Bob
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