License file. about academics-on-mastodon

[trutzig89182]

For the header image the image of the mastodon mascot is licensed as copyleft to my knowledge. I don’t claim any copyright to the rest and it can be used any way people want. But perhaps linking to this paragraph in my repository could be helpful, so that people know how to use and adapt it: https://github.com/trutzig89182/Mastodon-Sociologists#create-your-own-preview-image-for-the-page

For the license for the page: Perhaps it would be good to make sufficiently clear that the license does not count for the content of the individual lists? This could be a bit confusing for a user who is not familiar with the structure, especially if there is a similar styling which can foster the impression that the pages are somehow managed together.

[nathanlesage]

I was thinking about the following content for the license file:

CC BY-NC 4.0 International
==========================

This list is released under CC BY-NC 4.0 International. This license requires
that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix,
adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for noncommercial
purposes only.

You can view the summary of this license here:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

The full version of the license text can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode

This license does not propagate to any of the linked lists. For usage and
licensing of the contents of these lists, only the corresponding maintainers are
responsible.

This license furthermore does not include the header image, which is used with
permission from David Adler.

In this regard, it would be important to know any applicable license to the header image, @trutzig89182 ?

Also, IANAL, but this sounds as good as it can be. But further input very welcome.

[nathanlesage]

I'm not sure this list can be really licensed? The only I could think about would be a CC. Your thoughts?

[stark1tty]

I think that's just fine. :)

[nathanlesage]

Sounds good. I'll adapt and do so tomorrow. Thank you for your input.