[Clipart] Public Domain certification blurb on Upload screen

[chovynz]

On 28/06/2010 5:54 p.m., Jon Phillips wrote:
> oh, that is waaaaayyyyy too big.
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> In fact, the page no longer looks like an upload form.
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> If anything, just say, by submitting your clipart, you are
> contributing it to the public domain, and link to the cc public domain
> dedication.
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I used to do that, but recently the CCPD page was unavailable - the 
resource was missing for about 1-2 days. I strongly think we need it 
somewhere on our site as well, incase it goes missing again for any 
reason. I do agree that it's too big, but don't really know what to 
reduce it to since your suggestion is "waaaaaaayyyyy" too small ;-) for 
a better understanding of what Public Domain is. Plus, I like to 
"compensate for something."

How often will the CCPD go missing? Will they take it down at some point 
in the future?

One thing that I have found; we might need to re-shuffle around where 
the Header titles go. That Upload title is not in the correct place, due 
to the differences in widget placements at the moment. This is due to 
beta-site coding copying instead of restructuring the actual site - 
which is badly needed to be done. Please bare with me while we put some 
clothes on the site. WIP
> It should be very simple and not more complicated for users. The more
> complicated it gets, the less someone will use the form [or learn
> anything
> .
> Jon
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> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:17 PM, chovynz<chovynz at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>> You might have seen it already.
>> I've copied the basic text of the Public Domain certification onto the
>> upload page.
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>> http://www.openclipart.org/upload
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>> Hopefully this reduces the misunderstandings that have come up recently of
>> different licences and copyrighted stuffs.
>> I added a comment, "Dedicator recognizes that once placed into the public
>> domain, the Work can not be placed under a licence at a later date. Once in
>> the public domain, the Work remains as public domain." It says this further
>> up the text, but I felt it needed to be clearer, in different wording.
>>
>> I was going to make a check box that has to be ticked stating "I have read
>> and understood the terms of upload." But I think that isn't necessary at
>> this stage. As Nicu says, it's better to be easier for the uploader. It's
>> pretty clear that you are uploading under a Public Domain cert with that
>> text there I think. Any further suggestions for this?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Chovynz
>>
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