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…in particular Flickr's usage). git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@3073 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · May 7, 2009 · 1b7e052 · 1b7e052
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@@ -47519,7 +47519,7 @@ user reload must be equivalent to .reload()
     <tr><td><code title=rel-license><a href=#link-type-license>license</a></code></td> <!-- seventh most used <a rel> value -->
      <td><a href=#hyperlink-link title="hyperlink link">Hyperlink</a></td>
      <td><a href=#hyperlink>Hyperlink</a></td>
-     <td>Indicates that the current document is covered by the copyright license described by the referenced document.</td>
+     <td>Indicates that the main content of the current document is covered by the copyright license described by the referenced document.</td>
     <tr><td><code title=rel-next><a href=#link-type-next>next</a></code></td>
      <td><a href=#hyperlink-link title="hyperlink link">Hyperlink</a></td>
      <td><a href=#hyperlink>Hyperlink</a></td>
@@ -48000,7 +48000,51 @@ at the first element with the given ID must be treated as if it was cloned and r
 
   <p>The <code title=rel-license><a href=#link-type-license>license</a></code> keyword indicates
   that the referenced document provides the copyright license terms
-  under which the current document is provided.</p>
+  under which the main content of the current document is
+  provided.</p>
+
+  <p>This specification does not specify how to distinguish between
+  the main content of a document and content that is not deemed to be
+  part of that main content. The distinction should be made clear to
+  the user.</p>
+
+  <div class=example>
+
+   <p>Consider a photo sharing site. A page on that site might
+   describe and show a photograph, and the page might be marked up as
+   follows:</p>
+
+   <pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML&gt;
+&lt;html&gt;
+ &lt;head&gt;
+  &lt;title&gt;Exampl Pictures: Kissat&lt;/title&gt;
+  &lt;link rel="stylesheet href="/style/default"&gt;
+ &lt;/head&gt;
+ &lt;body&gt;
+  &lt;h1&gt;Kissat&lt;/h1&gt;
+  &lt;nav&gt;
+   &lt;a href="../"&gt;Return to photo index&lt;/a&gt;
+  &lt;/nav&gt;
+  &lt;img src="/pix/39627052_fd8dcd98b5.jpg"&gt;
+  &lt;p&gt;One of them has six toes!&lt;/p&gt;
+  &lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a rel="license" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php"&gt;MIT Licensed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+  &lt;footer&gt;
+   &lt;a href="/"&gt;Home&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="../"&gt;Photo index&lt;/a&gt;
+   &lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&copy; copyright 2009 Exampl Pictures. All Rights Reserved.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+  &lt;/footer&gt;
+ &lt;/body&gt;
+&lt;/html&gt;</pre>
+
+   <p>In this case the <code title=rel-license><a href=#link-type-license>license</a></code>
+   applies to just the photo (the main content of the document), not
+   the whole document. In particular not the design of the page
+   itself, which is covered by the copyright given at the bottom of
+   the document. This could be made clearer in the styling
+   (e.g. making the license link prominently positioned near the
+   photograph, while having the page copyright in light small text at
+   the foot of the page.</p>
+
+  </div>
 
   <div class=impl>
 

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -55486,7 +55486,7 @@ interface <dfn>SQLTransactionSync</dfn> {
      <td><code title="rel-license">license</code></td> <!-- seventh most used <a rel> value -->
      <td><span title="hyperlink link">Hyperlink</span></td>
      <td><span>Hyperlink</span></td>
-     <td>Indicates that the current document is covered by the copyright license described by the referenced document.</td>
+     <td>Indicates that the main content of the current document is covered by the copyright license described by the referenced document.</td>
     </tr>
 
     <tr>
@@ -56042,7 +56042,51 @@ at the first element with the given ID must be treated as if it was cloned and r
 
   <p>The <code title="rel-license">license</code> keyword indicates
   that the referenced document provides the copyright license terms
-  under which the current document is provided.</p>
+  under which the main content of the current document is
+  provided.</p>
+
+  <p>This specification does not specify how to distinguish between
+  the main content of a document and content that is not deemed to be
+  part of that main content. The distinction should be made clear to
+  the user.</p>
+
+  <div class="example">
+
+   <p>Consider a photo sharing site. A page on that site might
+   describe and show a photograph, and the page might be marked up as
+   follows:</p>
+
+   <pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML>
+&lt;html>
+ &lt;head>
+  &lt;title>Exampl Pictures: Kissat&lt;/title>
+  &lt;link rel="stylesheet href="/style/default">
+ &lt;/head>
+ &lt;body>
+  &lt;h1>Kissat&lt;/h1>
+  &lt;nav>
+   &lt;a href="../">Return to photo index&lt;/a>
+  &lt;/nav>
+  &lt;img src="/pix/39627052_fd8dcd98b5.jpg">
+  &lt;p>One of them has six toes!&lt;/p>
+  &lt;p>&lt;small>&lt;a rel="license" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php">MIT Licensed&lt;/a>&lt;/small>&lt;/p>
+  &lt;footer>
+   &lt;a href="/">Home&lt;/a> | &lt;a href="../">Photo index&lt;/a>
+   &lt;p>&lt;small>&copy; copyright 2009 Exampl Pictures. All Rights Reserved.&lt;/small>&lt;/p>
+  &lt;/footer>
+ &lt;/body>
+&lt;/html></pre>
+
+   <p>In this case the <code title="rel-license">license</code>
+   applies to just the photo (the main content of the document), not
+   the whole document. In particular not the design of the page
+   itself, which is covered by the copyright given at the bottom of
+   the document. This could be made clearer in the styling
+   (e.g. making the license link prominently positioned near the
+   photograph, while having the page copyright in light small text at
+   the foot of the page.</p>
+
+  </div>
 
   <div class="impl">