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? Thanks, - Chris. -- Chris Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Library mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library
