I'm +1 on relicensing my contributions - looks like I used 3 email addresses.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 8:49 AM Steve Lime <[email protected]> wrote: > +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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