A protocol for signalling copyright waivers
PRs very welcome!
As the EU has pressed ahead with it's disasterous article's 11 and 13, this project is an attempt to keep the open web alive
The proposal is a protocal I've tentatively named link-flow. I envisage that the protocol will be backed by tools built into websites and applications.
This document proposes the following:
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A per url server-side header to indicate the following:
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That the host asserts that the content at this address is theirs, or is licenced to them.
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That the host waives all rights to any link-fee for sites linking to the content url.
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That the host waives it's copyright in respect to linking to this content for fair use purposes where:
- The content is not duplicated in it's entirety
- That a link to the original article is prominently displayed to any user who is presented the content
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That the link-flow header will not be removed from this url
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That by placing the header link-flow header on the url the host acknowledges that these conditions will not be changed or invalidated henceforth.
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The development of a checking system that:
- Checks that links added to a dynamic web-page have the link-flow header.
- Allows the party using the system to decide what to display to users in the case that the link does not have the link-flow header