[Clipart] Public Domain certification blurb on Upload screen

[Greg Bulmash]

Sorry to Chovynz for the double, but for some reason, gmail on my
phone will not send from this address.

Here's a fairly straightforward, more conversational, one-two-three format:

===================================================

By submitting this work, you guarantee:

   1. You drew it or have made sure it is not copyrighted.
   2. It does not contain anyone else's characters, logos, or trademarks.
   3. You forever surrender ALL rights to the work, placing it in the
public domain. No take-backs.

If you're even a little unsure whether you can make these guarantees... ask us.

====================================================

Bold "made sure" and link it to a wiki doc on how to determine the
copyright status of a work.

Bold "ask us" and link it to a wiki doc about how to ask a question on
the mailing list and what information would be good to provide.

I think there's an argument to be made for not scaring people off, but
there's a stronger argument to be made for not getting users sued
because they trusted OCAL and used a copyrighted work submitted by
someone unclear on the concept.

- Greg


On Tuesday, June 29, 2010, chovynz <chovynz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Nathan
>
> On 30/06/2010 8:16 a.m., Nathan Eady wrote:
>
> By submitting this artwork, you are saying...
>
> 1. That nobody else has a copyright or trademark on it.
>
>     (For example, if you draw Mickey Mouse, Disney has a copyright,
>     and we can't include it.  Sorry.)
>
> 2. That anyone can use this artwork any way they want, even without
>     giving you credit.  It is public domain.
>
>
> Sounds good. I'll use this if that's ok with you. Good example too.
>
>
> If someone can make it shorter or friendlier, without making it
> unclear, by all means, have at it.
>
>
>
>>>  Obviously having a more complete explanation somewhere on the site,
>>>  with a link from the upload page, would still be good.
>
>
> I assume we are all agreed on this point?
>
> I'm working on some ideas for "general" legalise, even though we aren't lawyers.
> See below for info. Not sure how to structure it into what we have so far ... any ideas would be welcome.
> At the moment it's here at this URL, but we needs some links and wording nutted out.
> http://www.openclipart.org/about-public-domain
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