On 8/1/2011 5:45 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
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I was talking about access controls. I was not talking about existing
content and whether we need to delete it. For the later question, we
need to do some IP review. If the copyright on the wiki pages was
assigned to Sun/Oracle, then they can grant it to us under a
compatible license.
For the Wiki it is probably best to move forward under the assumption
that copyright may not have been assigned to Sun/Oracle.
Transferring the hosting of the Wiki is something that is probably not
problematic, but it is unlikely there will be any grant associated with
the content.
That is how they were able to grant us the source code. On the other
hand, if the wiki pages are under a variety of eclectic licenses, then
we will need to determine exactly what we can do with it. But note,
this is exactly the same problem that is solved by requiring that
those who edit documentation sign the iCLA. That ensures that our
documentation is copyable and reusable by others. If OOo had taken
such steps, we wouldn't have to worry about whether we'll need to
delete some Russian DataPilots page because it has an incompatible
license.
