IP : Your Rights

• I paid Brian Gardner for the privelege of using his code
• I continue to attribute his contributions to the code and have not in anyway removed his construction reference in the source code anywhere only added my only inclusion as a designer and web developer
• I understand the rights of others as my contributions to the web are made under Creative Commons 3.0 or 2.5 which this site is.
• When somebody builds something then I have no issue with the look / feel being emulated….in time we all want to look different and we natuarally make changes over time
• A web site should never be static…anyone that reads my sites knows that I change the look / feel constantly
• I believe in respecting the rights and IP of those brilliant people who build stuff on the web…likewise add your name to the code and use it but ensure that your not locking people out by removing attribution to them…in fact you’ll be embraessed in years to come when people start pointing back via the Internet Archive.

The following is the email I sent back to my friend and work colleague;

Great stuff [edited]

 

Point your son to http://creativecommons.org

 

I have no issue with anyone using anything except my credit card to pretend they are me so the them is of tiny consequence. I am currently in battles with a client who wont honour the IP rights of the designer who spent weeks coding a wikispace only to have her rights dishonoured by someone who wont attribute her IP.

 

It’s all about attribution which would be good to explore with your son….about respecting the rights of the designers and not ignoring the licensing of the code never mind the pictures.

 

I’m going to blog about this today so ask your son to read my latest post.

 

I  hope it will make some sense and when I can get the comments feature fixed he will be able to reply with you in tow