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[phpws-comm-auto] [ phpwebsite-comm-Support Requests-770638 ] Module Article: revised copyright
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From: SourceForge.net <no...@so...> - 2003-07-15 14:10:16
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Support Requests item #770638, was opened at 2003-07-13 19:37 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by datamgmt You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=563509&aid=770638&group_id=81360 Category: Module: article Group: Second Level Support Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 6 Submitted By: David M Walker (datamgmt) Assigned to: Eloi George (adarkling) Summary: Module Article: revised copyright Initial Comment: Our company policy does not allow randon unrelated links as part of a copyright message. I have changed ours to: /* My copyright statement. Do not disable or remove. $rights = array( 'http://www.vibride.com','http://www.realvidreams.com','http://www.bygeorgeware.com','http://www.bygeorgeadvertising.com'); $copyright = '<div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt"><a href="'.$rights[rand(0,2)].'">©</a></div>'; */ $copyright = '<div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt">©phpwsArticle application by <a href=http://www.bygeorgeware.com target=_blank>ByGeorgeWare</a> and site content by <a href=http://www.datamgmt.com>Data Management & Warehousing</a>'; We still strongly want to support your intellectual property. You might find it useful to make it more generic rgds davidw ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: David M Walker (datamgmt) Date: 2003-07-15 14:10 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=806718 By 'generic' I mean that the copyright would say '(c) Copyright - Content by $SITEOWNER, phpWebsite Article Module by ByGeorgeWare' and that $SITEOWNER was configurable in the system. Your second statement about coyright statements is not the way to go as a copyright statement is one of ownership and not one to drive traffic. You are probably nowhere in legal terms as what you have done is create two invalid licenses rather than one that protects you. Driving link traffic will come by association with phpWebsite, you shouldn't need to drive other traffic. Making money, which we all like to do is achieved by offering value add services. If you would like to discuss this off the bug tracking then place contact me via davidw (at) spam datamgmt (dot) com - obviously removing the spam and converting the characters rgds davidw ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Eloi George (adarkling) Date: 2003-07-15 00:31 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=619893 I'm not sure what you mean by "generic". Basically pupose of the copyright statement is to give us "link popularity" in exchange for use of the module. There's a more complete explanation in the module license located in the article/docs directory. It doesn't matter if users see it or not -- what's important is that search engine spiders do. I've thought about stuff like making the link the same color as the background, but tricks like that would actually make your site get ranked -lower-. That's why I stayed with the unobtrusive text link. I figure if someone wants the link off that badly, they'll throw some cash my way in exchange for a non-copyright license. [wink][wink] However, if you want to put the copyright in the footer like that, I don't mind. It accomplishes the same purpose, so everyone still wins. [grin] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=563509&aid=770638&group_id=81360 |
