LibraryLookup uses Creative Commons license
When somebody wrote yesterday asking whether the
LibraryLookup code (such as it is!) was licensed for
public-domain use, I realized this was the perfect opportunity to
try out the
Creative Commons
licensing procedure. It couldn't have been any simpler -- it took
all of about 10 minutes. I chose the
Attribution-ShareAlike
license:
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Attribution. The licensor permits others to copy,
distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees
must give the original author credit.
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Share Alike. The licensor permits others to distribute
derivative works under a license identical to the one that governs
the licensor's work.
Embedded in the HTML generated by the Creative Commons website is
this slug of RDF:
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<dc:title>LibraryLookup</dc:title>
<dc:date>2002-12-18</dc:date>
<dc:description>
Method for using a JavaScript bookmarklet to extract the
ISBN from an ISBN-bearing URL and use it to look up
the book elsewhere,
particularly in a local library. Related development:
directories of online
lookup services offered by many libraries.
</dc:description>
<dc:creator><Agent>
<dc:title>Jon Udell</dc:title>
</Agent></dc:creator>
<dc:rights><Agent>
<dc:title>Jon Udell</dc:title>
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Since the whole point of this exercise was to create a meme that
would propagate widely, I considered the
public
domain dedication. Who, after all, would try to patent
something as simple and obvious as a regular expression used in a
JavaScript bookmarklet to capture an ISBN and make a referral to a
library? But
stranger
things have happened. I hope this license will accomplish two
things. First, encourage linkage back to the LibraryLookup project
so I can keep track of how this evolves. Second, discourage any
effort to patent the idea.
Former URL: http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2002/12/19.html#a549