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== Licenses ==
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All licenses should be allowed into this structure. T
 
=== Questions ===
 
* What licenses should be allowed?
* Should licenses be weighted?
* How will they connect with mime-types and how will a system know which filetypes connect with which licenses?
 
=== Naming ===
 
What is the best way to name licenses for inclusion.
 
Possibly this form:
 
<pre>
LICENSE_PROVIDER-LICENSENAME-FORM-VERSION.OPTIONAL_FILE_ENDING
</pre>
 
Then, for the three file types, this possibly would make sense:
 
<pre>
cc-attribution-machine-2.5.rdf
cc-attribution-human-2.5.txt
cc-attribution-lawyer-2.5.txt
</pre>
 
This way also, a system could have other versions of licenses, such as:
 
<pre>
cc-attribution-machine-2.5.rdf
cc-attribution-machine-2.5.xml
 
cc-attribution-human-2.5.txt
cc-attribution-human-2.5.html
cc-attribution-human-2.5.odt
 
cc-attribution-lawyer-2.5.txt
cc-attribution-lawyer-2.5.html
cc-attribution-lawyer-2.5.rtf
</pre>
 
=== Forms ===
 
==== Human-Readable ====
 
This would be the human readable commons deed that is included with a license.
 
==== Lawyer-Readable ====
 
This would be the legalese for lawyers and courts to read that is specific and really the highest level (most abstract) version of a license.
 
==== Machine-Readable ====
 
This is the digital version of a license that is to be read by software (machines).
 
== Operating Systems ==
 
=== Linux ===
 
==== Path =====
 
===== System-level =====
 
/usr/share/licenses
 
===== User-level =====
 
~/.licenses/
 
''Please help us fill this out :)''
 
=== Mac OS X ===
 
==== Path ====
 
===== System-level =====
 
/Library/Application\ Support/Licenses
 
===== User-level =====
 
~/Library/Application\ Support/Licenses
 
=== Windows ===
 
==== Path ====
 
===== System=level =====
 
C:\%COMMONFILES%\create
 
===== User-level =====
 
C:\%APPDATA%\create (for local use)
 
== Filetype Mapping ==
 
There should be a simple mechanism for mapping known filetypes to types of licenses that can be used with a type of content. There should also be some mechanism for recognizing preferences and possible violations of licenses.
 
=== Questions ===
 
* How does this fit in with mimetypes?
* How can these preferences be dealt with?
* Is dealing with possible violation too DRM-like?
 
== Preferences ==
 
This is a section TBD on how to deal with preferred licenses and also licenses whose filetype/mime-type mapping is not known.

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