On Feb 5, 2008 2:29 PM, Chris Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Edward/library list, > > >> We spoke last week when you were on Forum with Michael Krasny. I > >> asked about licensing The Art of Learning for use on the One > >> Laptop Per Child XO computer in developing countries. We would > >> want to work out a license for free distribution to poor > >> students in developing countries, without disturbing your > >> copyright and sales in richer countries. We would also want > >> permission for people in developing countries to create their > >> own translations, in the same way the XO laptop software is > >> localized, and other content translated. > > Thanks for working on this! I'm surprised to see a Developing Nations > License analog being proposed here, however; this conflicts with the > general move away from licenses that don't provide at least worldwide > non-commercial sharing, and also conflicts with OLPC's thoughts on > software freedom, though they don't have to apply here: > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_on_free/open_source_software > > * Must allow these rights to be passed on along with the software. > This means that we must not provide a license specific to the $100 > Laptop project or organization or its customers. [..] > > Do we accept content for the XO under licenses that don't provide for at > least non-commercial sharing?
On Feb 5, 2008 3:21 PM, Samuel Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We won't ship any content that cannot be shared on the laptops. > > Creators are welcome to publish collections and books under any > license they wish, for others to download, but we strongly recommend > simple attribution and share-alike licenses. > > For more on licensing, see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Licensing > > SJ People can create .xo bundles of what they like. We are not talking yet about including Josh's materials in a build, just about making them available. Anyway, I only asked my first question, to establish an agreement on the principle of the thing, before we get to the haggling over the details. Second round: Josh, would you and your publisher consider a Creative Commons-Sharealike license, or some other license that would allow all XO users to have your software and book? > Thanks, > > - Chris. > -- > Chris Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel