[Clipart] PD

[John Olsen]

>

My only 2 cents would be that the part about you own the right or can  
prove it is already public domain would vary by the submission path.   
We have both "Submit Original Clipart" and "Submit Clip Art From An  
External Source".  Would this come before those options or would we  
think of changing that whole set-up?

John


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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:08:20 -0800
> From: Greg Bulmash <oneminuteinspirations at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Clipart] Submission form change.
> To: Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org>
> Cc: Open Clip Art Library list <clipart at lists.freedesktop.org>
> Message-ID: <49701644.9090603 at gmail.com>
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> If I had access to modify the form, those instructions were provided  
> so
> long ago and have been so rarely used...  I was just going with my
> strength: text.
>
> Here's a simple way to make them read... three boxes, make them check
> off each one for the submission to be accepted.
>
> =========================================
>
> You certify:
>
> [] You own the rights to this image or can prove it is already in the
> public domain
>
> [] It contains no logos, images, or fonts that may be under separate
> copyright or trademark protection.
>
> [] You dedicate it permanently to the public domain: <b>This means
> anyone can use it anyway they like... forever</b>
>
> =========================================
>
> If you want to go shorter, just go with the link plus:
>
> "By submitting this work, you dedicate it permanently to the public
> domain: <b>This means anyone can use it anyway they like...  
> forever.</b>"
>
> I know it's not necessarily as professional-sounding a wording as the
> prior set, but it gets the message across in plain English with a
> minimum of muss and fuss.
>
> As my mom once said: "many a tech manual would be easier to read if  
> they
> used the word 'doohickey' once in a while."
>
> - Greg