Thanks Chris. Now that you've licensed the work under the Apache License 2.0, we are free to make a derivative version. So I think we should massage the text a bit (for the next release) so this intro doesn't seem so jarring.
Thanks! On 10 October 2013 15:42, Christopher Lenz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Noah, > > sure you can use the text from "CouchDB Joins" in the docs. Or, ehem, > <formal voice>, I hereby grant the Apache CouchDB project a license to use > this content under the terms of the ASL. :) > > My earlier point was more about the reader of the CouchDB docs being > confused by the section starting with the words "Just today, there was a > discussion on IRC how you’d go about [...]" and all that. The whole text > needs to be put into context/perspective for the reader, namely that it's > from a blog post in 2007. This isn't really about making me happy with the > attribution :) > > Thanks, > Chris > > On 10.10.2013, at 15:13, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > > Christopher, > > > > Slight snag. Per the Apache legal guidelines, we'll move the copyright > > notice out of the file and put it in NOTICE (actually, probably in the > next > > release, as we don't want to hold up this one any more than we have to, > and > > it's not a blocker for us). > > > > But we can't actually ship this without a license. Would you be willing > to > > license it to us? I think that a statement of intent on the mailing list > is > > probably fine. (As if submitting a patch.) The Apache license is probably > > our preferred one. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > On 22 August 2013 14:06, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Oh..really. I told myself to not mix content from different sources > >> and now I'm caught myself on this(: Thanks, fixed! > >> -- > >> ,,,^..^,,, > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Christopher Lenz <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> Hi Alexander, > >>> > >>> No problem. But the metadata you added now makes it look like I wrote > >> the whole page, whereas it's just the “Using View Collation” part that > you > >> copied from my blog post :P > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Chris > >>> > >>> On 22.08.2013, at 12:00, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Hi Christopher! > >>>> > >>>> Yea, sorry about that I hadn't done this at first place. Is it ok if I > >>>> add this info as ReST metadata in the way like this: > >>>> http://kxepal.iriscouch.com/docs/1.3/couchapp/views/joins.html > >>>> Raw: > >> http://kxepal.iriscouch.com/docs/1.3/.sources/couchapp/views/joins.txt > >>>> -- > >>>> ,,,^..^,,, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Christopher Lenz <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>>>> Hey Alexander, > >>>>> > >>>>> I'd be glad to contribute this content to the documentation. > >>>>> > >>>>> Could you please just make sure to include a link to the original > >> post, the date, and my name. It'd be good to make it clear that the > post is > >> quoted verbatim (something like “The following was originally published > by > >> Christopher Lenz in late 2007 at <URL>”). I think it's a bit confusing > how > >> it's included without comment in the preview, since some of it is a bit > >> outdated (as Jan already pointed out), and clearly written as a blog > post. > >>>>> > >>>>> Great work on the docs BTW! > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Chris > >>>>> > >>>>> On 21.08.2013, at 19:08, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> Hi Christopher! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Your article about CouchDB's Joins[1] is very popular, so I'd > decided > >>>>>> to include it to CouchDB official docs. However, we need to add some > >>>>>> notes about his author and content licence. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Could you suggest how made this better? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> [1]: http://www.cmlenz.net/archives/2007/10/couchdb-joins > >>>>>> > >>>>>> P.S. Hope that you don't mind about such actions from my side (: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> ,,,^..^,,, > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Noah Slater > > https://twitter.com/nslater > > -- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater
