Alan wrote: > (eg you can't make a blanket copyright statement for the Wiki > that affects and changes the license for existing content) > > Why not?
You can if it's there from day one... but on the OOo Wiki.. it hasn't been clearly stated from day one.... thus the ambiguity, and the pages with content under different licenses. > There has to be a way people can get together and de-complicate things. > > Why should licensing tie knots in people who want to work together and > have common desires? > > Isn't there someone out there who is brilliant with this kind of thing > who can sort out all of these issues for us? > > Someone who is really good at finding solutions in this particular area? > > There has to be. There probably is someone who knows how to sort it out. It's not me though :-) Some time ago, I made an attempt to clarify the license that Wiki content was placed under, and it was quickly reverted. The reason being (as I understand it) is that it's almost impossible to re-license existing content without getting signoff from every contributor. There is a lot more to it than simply changing the Copyright page. It would be nice if someone with a working knowledge of the legal side of open source licensing could step up and sort it all out... I don't know anyone who can though (and who has a clear understanding of the legal ramifications). C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org
