On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 20:30 -0400, Linda wrote: > Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > > Linda wrote: > > > >> I guess it is still my question. We agreed to the PDL for the old > >> content, then we said no the CC for revised and new content. So > >> technically the new revised content is only under the CC lic. None > >> of the new content falls under the PDL since we made the change for > >> V2 if I am understanding this correctly. If this is true then we > >> would need approval for the content to be used under the PDL. > > > > > > IANAL also, but I think we are already covered. Here's why: > > > > The registration form (http://oooauthors.org/join_form) for the > > OOoAuthors website includes a checkbox labelled thus: > > > > [ ] I agree that all documents I add here are available under the PDL > > license. > > > > and you cannot join unless you check that box. > > > > Anyone who joined long ago and has since disappeared would have agreed > > to that statement. New members would also have agreed to that > > statement, even though the explanatory statement at the top of the > > page says "you are also agreeing that the content you add to this site > > falls under the PDL license, unless otherwise indicated on a folder". > > Because the explanatory wording can be interpreted to slightly > > contradict the official form, that wording can (and should) be changed. > > > > Jean > > So if the above is true then why the problems with OOo if in fact the > documentation is still falling under the PDL only on a sublevel? They > state they cannot use our documentation due to CC yet we are saying on > some level it is still under the PDL. I am just trying to understand > the fuss if in fact everything we do at Authors is under the PDL blanket > then OOo should be able to use the sxw files. >
I was wondering why we need three licenses, 'tis such confusion we are birthing here. But hidden in the PDL I found these perplexing words which provide somewhat of an answer: "One License to rule them all, One License to find them, One License to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." To see this yourself you must read the PDL text from a mirror during a full moon... ...and I am not a lawyer either, or a hobbit... http://danny.oz.au/danny/humour/one-ring I say -1 ... just to protest. -- Regards, Rick Barnes www.nostabo.net Read my blog: http://www.nostabo.net/blog/index.php ******************************************************************* PRIVILEGED - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL This electronic mail is solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is confidential or privileged. If you receive this electronic mail in error, please delete it from your system immediately and notify the sender by electronic mail or using any of the contact details noted herein. This e-mail sent via Evolution 2.2.1 running on a Linux 2.6.12 kernel.
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