+1 - thanks Jeff! On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 8:31 AM Jeff McKenna <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear PSC, > > Background > ---------- > > Through recent clarifications made for the MapServer-documentation > GitHub repository, as well as the visible 'copyright' page on > mapserver.org, it was pointed out that the documentation uses an old CC > BY-SA version, 3.0, that was released in 2007, whereas a more complete > license version 4.0 has been available since 2013. > > The CC BY-SA 4.0 license was released to tackle some issues such as: > - international law / global scope > - prevent copyleft trolls > - to prevent: > > https://doctorow.medium.com/a-bug-in-early-creative-commons-licenses-has-enabled-a-new-breed-of-superpredator-5f6360713299 > - international translations of the license > - improved readability > - read more about "what's new" in the 4.0 series at > https://creativecommons.org/version4/ > - read a short summary of the 4.0 license: > https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ > > I believe that this is a good time to upgrade the > MapServer-documentation license to version 4.0 > > The Fedora project also recently upgraded from CC BY-SA 3.0 to 4.0 : > - read about the benefits of upgrading, for the Fedora project: > > https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/policy-proposal-update-default-content-license-to-cc-by-sa-4-0/ > - read about the Fedora announcement of the CC BY-SA 4.0 default > license: > > https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedoras-default-license-for-content-is-now-cc-by-sa-4-0/ > > Motion to the PSC > ----------------- > > I therefore motion to the MapServer PSC that the MapServer-documentation > license should be upgraded from CC BY-SA 3.0 to CC BY-SA 4.0 > > Motion voting window > -------------------- > > Will give 5 business days for responses. > > Related Pull Request > -------------------- > > https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer-documentation/pull/796 > > Comments > -------- > > I believe this is good timing, to review the original documentation > license, before the imminent MapServer 8.0.1 release. > > > Thank-you for your passion, to share, > > -jeff > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MapServer-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev >
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