Howdy, hakkers! Here's an odd, but important question:
What license is SYNHAK available under? I'm not referring to using synhak, but I'm talking about the very source code of synhak: our bylaws, infrastructure scripts, documents, etc. Our wiki's contents have been available under the GNU Free Documentation License since day one and Phong is licensed under the AGPL-3.0. Looking at our documents repo[1], there have been 99 commits. Of those 99, 94 were mine which I feel gives me the right to decide a license for those. Same story with the bylaws[2] though those were more collaboratively written and a relicensing would need a board vote, in my opinion. I'd hate for our documents to have a license that isn't in the spirit of how our bylaws are licensed, so I don't want to license my contributions quite yet. I suggest a copyleft license, such as CC BY-SA 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US My rational for wanting a copyleft license is to ensure that any organization that derives from our bylaws grants their members the right to create a derivative (through derivative bylaws) if they are not satisfied and wish to separate. It ensures that future derivatives are not restricted from including significant improvements to governance procedures while bringing their own to the table, and provides a mechanism to ensure that future groups can enjoy the same system of self governance that we have. I don't think anyone would care if our ansible repository went MIT. There isn't anything novel in our infrastructure setup, and any scripts of significant value are covered by phong's AGPL. [1]https://github.com/SYNHAK/synhak-documents [2]https://github.com/SYNHAK/synhak-bylaws _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
