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Talk:Logos and buttons

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Hi. Just an idea about the buttons: Please make it more international, by using symbols instead of text (like Attribution, Share-Alike). Regards--77.234.80.162 23:18, 16 February 2007 (CET)

Should we avoid duplicating Creative Commons work? - and focus on icons for free/libre content? - e.g. CC-By and Public Domain are arguably non-free/libre - as both allow derived works (such as translations and localisations) to be released under more restrictive licenses. Kim 13:48, 5 March 2007 (CET)

I strongly disagree. There is no higher degree of freedom than the absence of copyright. To argue that the works of Shakespeare are not libre because they are not under a copyleft license is bizarre to me. This is also in line with the definition, which permits copyleft, but does not require it.--Erik Möller 15:45, 5 March 2007 (CET)

Thanks Erik. Are there differences between free software, free culture and free knowledge? The Creative Commons (free culture) offers a range of licenses whose degrees of freedom vary (e.g Attribution-ShareAlike is more free than Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs).

Regarding free software we find non-copylefted free software. Public domain software is non-copylefted free software.