Hi,
On 2007-04-04, at 06:10 , Frank Peters wrote:
Andre Schnabel wrote:
So, I'd be happy with posting something like, "Content posted
after [date] is licensed in accordance with OpenOffice.org's
license policy, which can be found at http://www.openoffice.org/
license.html. Content posted prior to this date is copyrighted
Sun Microsystems and the contributing authors."
I'd rather would not extend the OOo website licensing terms to the
wiki - see Jean's and DougT's comments. I second DougT - I'd love
to see the content under Public Domain. But we need to accept
other (free) licenses. So could we rephrase:
"Content posted after [date] is Public Domain as long as there is
no explicit license notice at a single wiki page. Content posted
prior to this date is copyrighted Sun Microsystems and the
contributing authors."
Ok - someone needs to make English from that - and we need some
clause for countries where PD is not possible.
I would second Andre in allowing wiki pages to specify a license
and have a default license for pages that do not specify the their
license.
That seems good to me, too... But I'd rather not allow for even the
possibility of proprietary licenses on the wiki, which the wording
suggested seems to permit, as does our current wording. Ie, I want
open licenses.
Thus,
"Content posted after [date] is Public Domain except where otherwise
noted, in which case copyright holders may use the Public Document
License (PDL), as noted in the License page of OpenOffice.org, http://
www.openoffice.org/license.html. (Residents of countries that do not
accept the provisions of the PDL may use an equivalent license,
though we ask that you check with the Community Council beforehand.)
Content posted prior to the date above is copyrighted Sun
Microsystems and the contributing authors."
When can this be put into place?
If the people here agree with the above (not sure of the clause
excepting the PDL and how much bureaucracy that would create, nor if
such "checking" is needed; I have in mind the creation of a list of
licenses that can be used by countries that can't use the PDL), then
the CC could vote this week.
Frank
best
Louis
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