From: Victor S. <fou...@gm...> - 2006-04-26 18:06:50
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On 4/26/06, Zero Mass <zer...@gm...> wrote: > > Is it possible to restrict registered users to a specific email domain? > (like .edu?) not without adding code. There is an event that's fired on every form submit/verification and you could catch that and validate the email field of the profile form. > > Or possible to restrict downloads to only registered users? (forcing a > registry before browsing, moodle does this) That won't happen because it would be counter to the Creative Commons philosophy behind providing ccHost in the first place. > > These issues are coming up with school systems in regards to who can acce= ss > the site... > > (students being able to download homework with answer keys, etc) again, CC hosting is about sharing, not restricting. > > Another semi-related issue is that some school districts I have emailed a= re > actually claiming to hold an All Rights Reserved copyright over the > educational materials that their teachers create, prohibiting them from > sharing on a site. Then it's quite possible that a Creative Commons hosting tool may not be appropriate in those cases. VS |