Seems fair to me.
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
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