[publican-list] Brand licensing

[Jeffrey Fearn]

Hi Stewart,

Stewart Adam wrote:
>  Hi,
> 
> If I have understood correctly from the user guide (at 
> jfearn.fedorapeople.org/Publican), the "common" Publican brand is 
> included in when building any content and then the override.css from the 
> book or article's selected brand is applied to make any modifications. 
> Does this cause licensing issues for brands that wish to use alternative 
> licenses such as CC-BY-SA?
> 
> I'm wondering because I like the default publican brand but I would like 
> to make a few minor modifications (header/link color & adding my 
> software's logos) and have the brand licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0...

The common brand materials are licensed under CC0, which is the most 
permissive CC license. It allows relicensing to more restrictive 
licenses, such as CC-BY-SA, including non-free or non-open licenses.

Cheers, Jeff.

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