We’re looking at the way we use images in examples on MDN. The primary goal is to avoid the use of images in violation of the terms of their licenses. In the past, we’ve had some cases where images were required to have attribution but did not. Lately we have had a related problem: “simple” examples where half the example consists of making sure the image used in the example has attribution visible.
So we have a task on our board called “Remove image attribution footers,” whose goal is to prevent needing to waste time and space on attributions when there are ways to avoid needing attributions at all.
@wbamberg started this project but I’ve been asked to pick it up. The plan, basically, is to just start requiring all images to be CC0 so they don’t require attribution. We won’t be going back and redoing ancient content at this time, but over time the goal would be to move in this direction. New content would be required to use attribution-free images.
I’d like to go a step further and actually find and presupply our interactive examples with an assortment of appropriate images in various sizes, contrast levels, etc. These CC0 images would be placed into a folder in the interactive-examples repository, and would then be available for any and all examples to choose from, thereby eliminating much of the worry about licensing of images.
I would appreciate any thoughts on this.
Sheppy