{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DCCouncil/dcstat/issues/2","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DCCouncil/dcstat/issues/2/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DCCouncil/dcstat/issues/2/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DCCouncil/dcstat/issues/2/events","html_url":"https://github.com/DCCouncil/dcstat/issues/2","id":55818370,"number":2,"title":"Clarify copyright","user":{"login":"stvnrlly","id":4156602,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4156602?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly","html_url":"https://github.com/stvnrlly","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stvnrlly/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-01-28T21:29:02Z","updated_at":"2015-01-30T01:53:06Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Currently, the site includes two different copyright provisions:\r\n\r\nOn the main page: `All documents contained on this site are available in the Public Domain.`\r\nIn the footer: `All content contained on this site is available in the Public Domain.`\r\nIn both cases, the provision links to the CC0 license.\r\n\r\nI'd recommend making this a little more in-depth for a couple of reasons, which I recognize are nitpicky. First, there are different possible interpretations of \"content\" and, to a lesser extent, \"documents\", such that users could think that the full source code and/or third-party libraries are included in that grant.  Second, CC0 is not _necessarily_ a public domain dedication, but rather an attempt to do waive rights to the maximum extent possible.  A further wrinkle is that the current Copyright Compendium considers works by \"an officer or employee\" of DC to be ineligible for copyright protection in the same manner as a work of the federal government.\r\n\r\nWith all of that in mind, I think something like this would be clearer: \r\n> This work is dedicated to the public domain through a [CC0 license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Works of the DC government and its officers or employees, such as the statutes at large themselves, are in the public domain. Third-party works incorporated into the source code of the site may retain copyright protection.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DCCouncil/dcstat/issues/comments/72140900","html_url":"https://github.com/DCCouncil/dcstat/issues/2#issuecomment-72140900","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DCCouncil/dcstat/issues/2","id":72140900,"user":{"login":"vzvenyach","id":4153048,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4153048?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach","html_url":"https://github.com/vzvenyach","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vzvenyach/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-30T01:53:06Z","updated_at":"2015-01-30T01:53:06Z","body":"How do you feel about this language?\r\n\r\n> The measures adopted by the Council and included in the Statutes at Large are dedicated to the public domain through a CC0 license. In addition, any original software and works developed by officer, employee, or agent of the Council of the District of Columbia are dedicated to the public domain through a CC0 license. Software and works created by third parties and incorporated into the source code of the site may retain copyright protection.\r\n\r\nAnd then at the bottom:\r\n\r\n> The District of Columbia Statutes at Large are available in the Public Domain."}}