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For TROSTing, we want to have the document be usable, with the Creative Commons Attribution License notice absolutely clear.   The following general form is proposed:

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1. The distinctive and recognizable "Some Rights Reserved" logo is presented using an included image.  It is a copy that does not have to be fetched from the Creative Commons site.  If it is possible to create a web link at the image, it will link to the Attribution 2.0 Deed page on the Creative Commons site, with a rel="license" attribute.  Because the .gif image does not render well on high-quality printed output, a high-quality graphic image with matching appearance will be employed where appropriate and available.  The rdf-carrying comment will also be included in any anchor tag that permits it.
2. The "Creative Commons Attribution License" phrase will, in an electronic edition, provide a link to a nearby copy of the Attribution 2.0 Deed, if that is possible.  Otherwise it also links to the Creative Commons site page of the deed.  If a link is not available in the electronic document, the underlines will be omitted.  The rel="nofollow" attribute will  be provided for a local version, rel="license" applies only to links to the definitive documents on the Creative Commons site.
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0.10 2005-05-02-18:16 Confine rel="license" to links to the definitive Creative Commons pages

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0.00 2005-04-26-21:41 Provide cached version of the non-web text notice

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