On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 22:06 -0700, Jason Kivlighn wrote:
> >> It would be interesting as well having mimetype license resolving.
> >> With this I mean that the properties dialog should remove all
> >> selectable licenses for letting on the dialog only those that match
> >> those mimetypes.
> >>     
> >
> > Yes, Jason, do you have any ideas on this?
> Technically I can think of various implementations... any would be
> fairly straightforward and simple.  I won't spew any technical details now.
> 
> I'm typically wary of anything that's done based on automatic mimetype
> detection.  I feel like there always needs to be a fallback if the
> detection isn't right, the user wants to do something out of the
> ordinary, or if a user wants a specific license class (e.g. content
> licenses) for an unknown mimetype.
> 
> I'm throwing out my thoughts.  The details can be worked out closer to
> when someone is actually on implementation.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jason

yes, I agree too...use the users...automatic license enforcement and
selection get into a gray zone...

Jon

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