On Nov 29, 2005, at 2:54 PM, Michael H. Georg wrote:

> I'll stand by my characterization of an audio wiki as an oxy-moron.
>

Fair enough.  Maybe the term "wiki" isn't appropriate.  What term do  
you think would be more accurate to describe a site with the  
following properties:

  - anyone can upload an audio file to the site
  - anyone can download the audio
  - anyone can make a derived work from the audio
  - anyone can upload a modified version
  - a history of uploads is kept
  - anyone can revert the current version to a previous version

Perhaps the term "wiki with audio"?


> Robert, I checked out your audio entries for /Producing Open Source  
> Software. /Sounds like a lot of hard work, and sounds good,  
> although I had trouble getting the volume up enough to clearly hear  
> it. Volume problem could be this old laptop.
>

Yes, the audio volume is a bit low and there's a fair amount of  
background noise.  My guess is that I don't quite have the right  
recording setup.  It's also likely that I'm not using Audacity  
correctly.  If anyone has some tips or suggestions, I'm all ears.


> Forgive me, but I must point out; that is a copyrighted article and  
> not particularly suitable for editing, although the copyright is a  
> very liberal one.
>

If you mean the POSS book, here's the copyright notice:

   Copyright (c) 2005 Karl Fogel, under a CreativeCommons Attribution- 
ShareAlike license

as well as this link:

   http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/copyright.html

which refers to the Creative Commons:

   http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/


> If the article is edited via the wiki, is the editor required to  
> follow this item in the copyright?
>
> Share Alike: If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you
>                may distribute the resulting work only under a license
>                identical to this one.
>

Yes, that's part of the license, which also includes these items:

  You are free:

     * to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
     * to make derivative works
     * to make commercial use of the work

The way I read the license anyone can make an audio recording (a  
derivative work) and distribute it in any way they want.  But I could  
be wrong.  Do you feel that the license is being violated somehow?   
If so, please let me know so that I can fix that.


> I'm at work,running out of lunch time, and not sure I've made a  
> clear point here.
>

I think you have.  But we can also discuss this more at the meeting  
on Saturday.

Regards,
- Robert
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