Hi André,
On 2007-04-04, at 13:23 , Andre Schnabel wrote:
<snip>
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.
I agree as long as:
- "may use" does not exclude other free licenses (e.g. Creative
commons) I'd rather have the proposed list of "favorite" licenses
- but this may be the next step.
Using other free licenses shouldn't be a problem, but the language
should then be changed to,
"...holders may use the Public Document License (PDL), as noted in
the License page of OpenOffice.org, http://www.openoffice.org/
license.html, or equivalent free license, as listed on that page. To
use a license that depart from the recommended, please first contact
the Community Council <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>."
We don't need, then, the other clause (about inability to use the
PDL). I'd also like to start with a list of favourite licenses and
we could probably just list the relevant Creative Commons (editable)
license as a start and then add more as needed.
We would then need to: slightly edit license.html to include CC
(editable; not sure which atm).
- we add this notice to the edit pages (these currently have a
notice that content can be changed by any wiki member and that you
must not submit content without original authors permission)
If that's feasible, that's fine by me, and even better than having it
just on the footer.
André
If the above is satisfactory, then I can post this proposal to the CC
list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and ask for an email discussion and vote as
soon as possible. It occurs to me that the spring/autumn holiday has
already begun, so there may be zero action for a few days.
best
louis
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