As an attorney it would be nice if you replaced the WordPress credit in the footer.
As required incidentally by the full terms of the GPL.
Strange .. I see the “Edit This” links.
Clicking on them just takes me to the login screen, but I shouldn’t be seeing them.
And I’m with Root on the credits.
It’s arguable what the GPL requires as evidenced by discussions here before, but I certainly feel that credit should be given in all cases when WP is used.
Funny – I see them too but not on every one. A nice layout I must say 🙂
Agree with the WordPress credits too. It’s free, it’s excellent – it’s worth promoting…
There is no obligation to carry logos and credits expressly. There is an obligation to make the unadulterated source available to the reader on the same terms. It is difficult to see how that can be accomplished without a credit and a link.
This post overflowing out of the layout: http://nselderlaw.ca/index.php?p=109
One or two css positioning err issues obviously in progress.
Anyone else got a Blawg? The one mentioned in this 2004 thread is not online at that address today.
I want to research using WordPress for a Blawg (law related blog), as I might be making one soon.
Anyone?
A dirty black screen with the words “This Account Has Been Suspended”. Nice, very nice.
As required incidentally by the full terms of the GPL.
Not true. Read the GPL again.
From the GPL:
By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software–to make sure the software is free for all its users.
and:
that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs
and most importantly:
We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software.
To comply with the GPL, there is no obligation to publicise what the product is at all. There is, however, an obligation to acknowledge the original author. That doesn’t mean saying that it’s “wordpress” anywhere on the website.
To insist that “wordpress” must be publicised is contrary to the spirit of what GPL is.
A dirty black screen with the words “This Account Has Been Suspended”. Nice, very nice.
You might that the original announcement was over a year ago. They might have changed URL’s since then. Nice contribution to the discussion, by the way.
I guess this is why I should start my own thread instead of threadjacking a similar one from 2004.
At any rate, I came to this thread because of a specific interest in Blawgs, or, blogs of the lawyers and legal community.
Good point .. I was kinda responding to the GPL thing — couldn’t resist, even though it’s a bit old.
Dgold, The best blawg I know of is running on Moveable Type, but doesn’t have anything that couldn’t be easily accomplished with WordPress. http://volokh.com
Wow. I just looked at every blawg I read at all and they are all on MT or Blogger. We have to do something about this. Antitrust action? Maybe WordPress needs to find a lawyer…
