Hi Rob, On Sunday, 2011-08-07 11:27:26 -0400, Rob Weir wrote:
> So assigning an open license is entirely optional. I could upload a > page under by personal copyright and demand payment of 20 chickens or > 1 goat for copying the document. For example: > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/General/What_is_a_good_rhyme_about_OpenOffice%3F Hehe, Clayton was very fast to ensure you won't need a new shed for all those chickens and goats ;-) > I think this is a problem. Although I could easily accept some > sandbox where random contributions could be made under a variety of > eclectic licenses, we should be concerned with a few things: > > 1) How do we ensure that contributions are made in a way that is > consistent with the rights we need to even host the contributed > content. Ensure that contributions are made under a proper license by having a statement at a prominent place when editing a page. Have a bot running that searches for terms like license and copyright and such and review those pages, reject/undo edits if necessary. > 2) How do we prevent core documentation and project pages from being > contaminated by contributions that are incompatibly licensed? In > other words, how do we preserve the rights of this project and our > users and downstream consumers to be able to copy, modify, translate, > redistribute, etc., contributed content. The same as for 1) Eike -- PGP/OpenPGP/GnuPG encrypted mail preferred in all private communication. Key ID: 0x293C05FD - 997A 4C60 CE41 0149 0DB3 9E96 2F1A D073 293C 05FD
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