Who the fsck is David McBrayer? While looking for a second source to back up a story about Jay-Z pushing school vouchers with right-wing billionaire Jeffrey Yass, I found the original story, posted Friday by Jessica Corbett at CommonDreams.org, was reposted verbatim today at @RawStory by this McBrayer guy.
Corbett posted her story under a #CreativeCommons license, but it was CC-BY-SA, meaning her credit should not have been stripped.
#WritersCoffeeClub 6/6 Have you queried agents for traditional publishing? How did it go?
Nope, never. For one thing, my books are in a rather obscure niche which likely doesn't fit well into the publishing schemes of publishing houses.
But more importantly, publishers usually insist on pesky things like "exclusive rights", which runs counter to my intention of releasing all my translations under a #CreativeCommons Zero license.
‹text› method allows anyone to change the font as well as to translate the text.
‹path› method is “embedded” (if you will), and thus, not translatable and the font design is fixed.
It's licensed under #CreativeCommons#BySA 4.0 because the source file, in PNG format, is under the same license. I actually prefer to release it under CC0/CCzero (a.k.a. Public Domain). Although in some jurisdictions, it can only be Public Domain because there's nothing artistic about an ISO-based keyboard layout.
An #NGO in #Japan has been dealing with weeks of criticism & turmoil for having a foreign logo in a presentation they submitted to the government.
The reason? Essentially, copying & pasting of copyrighted images & not realizing they were watermarked. It could have been avoided w/ some basic #data and #security practices.
What do the Prime Minister of France, the founder of #CreativeCommons, the COs of #RedHat and @opensuse and thousands of children have in common? They all love 💕 "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream"
💥 We want to go create an animated movie about Ada’s story!
🚀 To produce the movie in English, French, German, and Italian will cost us €40,000. Your donation will make a difference for many children who will be inspired by Ada!
I feel disgusting saying this, but until #CreativeCommons gets their heads out of their asses or the "AI" bubble finally bursts, ALL of my #art assets, visual, audio or otherwise, will have to be copyrighted with all rights reserved. As far as I can tell, GPL and its derivatives are strictly designed for code, as well as the BSD, MIT and all other #OpenSource or #copyleft licenses. If I'm wrong, I will consider those.