[Board] Fwd: [penguicon-general] Penguicon.org linking policy

[john guest]

FWIW as I am no longer conchair nor on the board, this seems like a
good explanation of our policy.

And to be fair, I don't think Creative Commons was invented or in use
much when P-con was ... hatched?

--John Guest

On 5/11/07, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Board,
>
> I was sure none of you would mind. I am Minister of Communication, but
> anything legal is something I consider Board-related. Correct me if
> I've overstepped. One of my passions is the abuses and freedoms of
> knowledge goods, so the revitions I made to this page seemed obvious
> to me. But just in case there is a conversation waiting to happen, I
> don't want to preempt a conversation before it starts.
>
> http://penguicon.org/legal
>
> -Matt
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com>
> Date: May 11, 2007 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [penguicon-general] Penguicon.org linking policy
> To: penguicon-general at penguicon.org
>
>
> On 5/11/07, Rick Scott <rick at shadowspar.dyndns.org> wrote:
> > from http://penguicon.org/legal :
> >
> >     We are pleased to provide Penguicon authorized logos to be used
> >     as links to Penguicon's website from your website. Please send
> >     your logo and link requests to permission at penguicon.org.
> >
> > The notion that someone needs permission to link to us is a bit absurd.
> > Can we strike or edit that text?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rick
>
> Done!
>
> I've never seen that before. Since I'm going back to Minister of
> Communications, this falls to me. I have now rewritten it, so look
> again.
>
> -Matt
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