Quoting Sven Vermeulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 10:03:31PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> > Are there any issues here? The gentoo copyright messages are intact. > > There are no issues in your case. We're also going to put all documents > under a free license, GNU FDL or OPL, we're checking out which license suits > us best. > > Wkr, > Sven Vermeulen I went through a rather long search in trying to find a good license for my written works, animations, and rendered images as well. I even went so far as to begin writing my own license. However, I have found the Creative Commons set of licenses to be by far the most clear, concise, and best fit to my own desires (which as a GPL-style license). http://creativecommons.org/ I am personally using the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/legalcode ), with an additional no-endorsement clause for my novel. Other CC licenses are more BSDish in their approach, while others still more restrictive. You can choose the set/combination that best reflects your project's goals and desires. I was personally looking for a license with attributes akin to the GPL for written works and media, in that it would allow derivative works, widespread use and distribution, but require that any derivative works respect, reflect, and maintain the original freedom I released my work under. I personally found the FDL to be unnecessarilly complex ("print more than X copies and this rule applies, else that rule applies" etc.), and the OPL unsatisfying in other respects. (See https://expressivefreedom.org/node.php?id=210 and the novel itself for the text of the non-endorsement clause, which basically adds the requirement that no one is allowed to use my name to endorse a derivative work without my express permission.) good luck! Jean. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
