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chrisbobbe / jekyll-theme-prologue

A Jekyll version of the "Prologue" theme by HTML5 UP
https://chrisbobbe.github.io/jekyll-theme-prologue/
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license and copyright #23

Open jerpint opened 6 years ago

jerpint commented 6 years ago

Hey, great job on the plugin. Is there any reason why you picked the creative commons license? They explicitly state that it isn't properly adapted for software. The reason I am asking is that I want to use your theme for my personal blog, but would rather not have your name in the footer. Are you ok with having that name removed when people use your theme? Or perhaps can the link go directly to the github of this plugin? I find it awkward for my blog to link to someone else's blog

Drakmyth commented 6 years ago

This theme is under CCA3.0 just because the original one designed by HTML5 UP is.

My licensing legalese is rusty, but I believe by the terms of CCA3.0, you just have to give attribution. How that is done is not specified. So you could remove that from the footer, provided you add it somewhere else. Leaving it and changing it to point at the GitHub should also be sufficient. I believe you need to credit HTML5 UP as well since this was originally their design. I see they have a license you can buy that allows non-attribution, but unless @chrisbobbe is okay with it I don't believe that license extends to this port.