Are you a lawyer?
I am not. Are you?
Including a link to a Creative Commons license in a comment footer will not do that.
It is when you give it a different name which doesn’t reflect the actual behaviour of the license.
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CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 6 months agoBecause you are effectively spreading misinformation.
Are you a lawyer?
People already struggle to understand copyright. Adding more confusion is doing everyone reading your license a disservice.
Including a link to a Creative Commons license in a comment footer will not do that.
kevincox@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It is when you give it a different name
That’s not a different name. It’s a sentence that’s a layman’s description of my intention for including it.
Initially I was just using the actual Creative Commons license name, but it was confusing people just seeing letters and numbers.
which doesn’t reflect the actual behaviour of the license.
[Citation required.]
my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 6 months ago
Adding a CC link and falsely claiming it’s an anti-AI licence is misinformation and undoubtedly does add confusion.