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--- source	(revision 3072)
+++ source	(revision 3073)
@@ -55486,7 +55486,7 @@
      <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 @@
 
   <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">