Feature #17102
openFeature #16335: Revisiting options and functions of Creative Commons license widget
Universal footer revisions for ToS / CC
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Description
As part of our Creative Commons licensing and display overhaul, we want to edit the universal footer that appears across all Commons pages (see attached for its current state).
The main issue is the four links that appear under the nav items: Help, Privacy, Terms of Service, Creative Commons (CC) license unless otherwise noted.
(Incidentally, we have another project we should resolve here to update the text at some of these links: https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cac-community-team-project-planning/forum/topic/summer-project-review-of-commons-tos-privacy-policy-and-mission-statement-2/)
I'm proposing we change the fourth link to say Creative Commons License Info, and then instead of linking to this general CC license page that we do now:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Instead we link to a new page of documentation that explains a few of the CC points we've made in recent meetings:
- CC-licensed content on the Commons is also subject to our ToS, which allows us to truncate, show excerpts, repurpose, etc as per the needs of our design and the Commons overall
- The overall Commons content philosophy and distinction: You own your content on the Commons, different than on almost any other platform or social network. Explain what this means, how you can protect/export/etc.
- You can change the CC license of your Commons content at any time, on a space-by-space level.
- You can also choose no CC license at all, later or during space setup, and retain all rights with the exception of the ToS allowances mentioned above.
- A section on CC licensing and OER, which would be related to #17101
This version of the universal footer would only show up on our "core" Commons pages, like the homepage and directories -- we will need to spell out what this core contains.
A separate version would appear for this footer on individual Commons site and group pages, which will have their own licensing decisions and display. This version could just omit the fourth link to CC information, to reduce possible confusion there.
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