I am stuck on a licensing issue with the OpenOffice.org website and I begin to doubt if can do much with it other than rehost and correct obvious changes in policy.
Please look at http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/PDL.html (Whether the PDL is category A for Apache is a follow up, but there is no point without resolving the following.) Specifically look at: > Required Notices. > You must duplicate the notice in the Appendix in each file of the > Documentation. If it is not possible to put such notice in a particular > Documentation file due to its structure, then You must include such notice in > a location (such as a relevant directory) where a reader would be likely to > look for such a notice, for example, via a hyperlink in each file of the > Documentation that takes the reader to a page that describes the origin and > ownership of the Documentation. If You created one or more Modification(s) > You may add your name as a Contributor to the notice described in the > Appendix. > You must also duplicate this License in any Documentation file (or with a > hyperlink in each file of the Documentation) where You describe recipients' > rights or ownership rights. > and > Appendix > Public Documentation License Notice > The contents of this Documentation are subject to the Public Documentation > License Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may only use this Documentation if > you comply with the terms of this License. A copy of the License is available > at __________________[Insert hyperlink]. > The Original Documentation is _________________. The Initial Writer of the > Original Documentation is ___________ Copyright (C)_________[Insert year(s)]. > All Rights Reserved. (Initial Writer contact(s):________________[Insert > hyperlink/alias]). > Contributor(s): ______________________________________. > Portions created by ______ are Copyright (C)_________[Insert year(s)]. All > Rights Reserved. (Contributor contact(s):________________[Insert > hyperlink/alias]). > NOTE: The text of this Appendix may differ slightly from the text of the > notices in the files of the Original Documentation. You should use the text > of this Appendixrather than the text found in the Original Documentation for > Your Modifications. I can find no answer to the question about who are the initial writers and further contributors are for all most all web pages. There are some that have meta tags, but that is not following the terms. Can anyone provide help here? Do most pages have an "INitial Writer" and "Contributor" of Oracle Corporation? Would we need to see if the archives from prior to the kenai migration have enough history to determine "Initial Writers" and "Contributors"? Where are these appendices? I don't see any point in working on the OOo website or transfers to MWiki or CWiki without clarification. Regards, Dave
