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Site claims to be non-profit, but links to a site selling the flag they're advertising. Hmm... In the FAQ: "The creator and chief designer, Oskar Pernefeldt,

by beloch 5y ago

Site claims to be non-profit, but links to a site selling the flag they're advertising. Hmm... In the FAQ: "The creator and chief designer, Oskar Pernefeldt, holds the copyrights to the proposed The International Flag of Planet Earth. The reason for this is simple; to protect the integrity of the flag as it is introduced to the public domain. Just as a national flag of any kind is protected by the government agencies behind its creation, we have chosen to keep it this way for the same purpose." Hmmmmmm...

Freak_NL 5y ago
Hang on, this site with the same(-ish) flag claims its version is in the public domain: https://earthflag.org/ https://earthflag.org/
- rbanffy 5y ago
  A Creative Commons license would be more appropriate.
  - jagger27 5y ago
    The site says it’s CC0.
    - rbanffy 5y ago
      Not sure that works everywhere. And it contradicts the information on the top of this thread, as well as nullifying the justification as well.
      - jagger27 5y ago
        Oh I think they’re different flags and projects. The article link flag has gaps between the rings.
      - throw0101a 5y ago
        >> The site says it’s CC0. > Not sure that works everywhere. IANAL, so I can't say it works "everywhere", but CC0 was created to give up as many restrictions in as many jurisdictions as possible: > CC0 helps solve this problem by giving creators a way to waive all their copyright and related rights in their works to the fullest extent allowed by law. CC0 is a universal instrument that is not adapted to the laws of any particular legal jurisdiction, similar to many open source software licenses. And while no tool, not even CC0, can guarantee a complete relinquishment of all copyright and database rights in every jurisdiction, we believe it provides the best and most complete alternative for contributing a work to the public domain given the many complex and diverse copyright and database systems around the world. * https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc... If you are concerned about a particular jurisdiction, CC has national chapters that perhaps have more localized information: * https://network.creativecommons.org/chapter/ https://network.creativecommons.org/chapter/
vmception 5y ago
A) A non-profit can sell products if it wanted to B) This one is aiming to be a 501(c)(4), which is very different than a 501(c)(3), making its sells even less potentially controversial C) Its not even selling the flags anyway, so A) and B) are not relevant, it states that they don't sell the flags but distributors do. D) A for-profit can sell a product advertised by a non-profit E) None of these distinctions matter even if it wasn't true, because of A) a non-profit can sell products if it wanted to. Profit has nothing to do with being a non-profit.

by beloch 5y ago

Freak_NL 5y ago

Hang on, this site with the same(-ish) flag claims its version is in the public domain: https://earthflag.org/ https://earthflag.org/

rbanffy 5y ago
A Creative Commons license would be more appropriate.
- jagger27 5y ago
  The site says it’s CC0.
  - rbanffy 5y ago
    Not sure that works everywhere. And it contradicts the information on the top of this thread, as well as nullifying the justification as well.
    - jagger27 5y ago
      Oh I think they’re different flags and projects. The article link flag has gaps between the rings.
    - throw0101a 5y ago
      >> The site says it’s CC0. > Not sure that works everywhere. IANAL, so I can't say it works "everywhere", but CC0 was created to give up as many restrictions in as many jurisdictions as possible: > CC0 helps solve this problem by giving creators a way to waive all their copyright and related rights in their works to the fullest extent allowed by law. CC0 is a universal instrument that is not adapted to the laws of any particular legal jurisdiction, similar to many open source software licenses. And while no tool, not even CC0, can guarantee a complete relinquishment of all copyright and database rights in every jurisdiction, we believe it provides the best and most complete alternative for contributing a work to the public domain given the many complex and diverse copyright and database systems around the world. * https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc... If you are concerned about a particular jurisdiction, CC has national chapters that perhaps have more localized information: * https://network.creativecommons.org/chapter/ https://network.creativecommons.org/chapter/

vmception 5y ago

A) A non-profit can sell products if it wanted to B) This one is aiming to be a 501(c)(4), which is very different than a 501(c)(3), making its sells even less potentially controversial C) Its not even selling the flags anyway, so A) and B) are not relevant, it states that they don't sell the flags but distributors do. D) A for-profit can sell a product advertised by a non-profit E) None of these distinctions matter even if it wasn't true, because of A) a non-profit can sell products if it wanted to. Profit has nothing to do with being a non-profit.