Whoops! Meant to include a link to the outline. Here it is! http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:outline
Karen ----- "Karen Collier" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, the deadline has passed, and I count 18 "yes" votes to zero "no" > votes. Congratulations everybody, DIG has unanimously selected > licensing terms for official Evergreen documentation. The licensing > terms are below and have been posted on the wiki at > http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:documentation_licensing_terms. > I'll get started working on notifying people of these terms, and how > they relate to the wiki (part 4). > > For pre-existing documentation that did not originate on the wiki, it > would be ideal to get official permission to use that documentation > under these licensing terms. If you are the copyright owner, have > permission from the copyright owner, or otherwise have the right to > agree to these terms on behalf of some of this pre-existing > documentation, please do so by submitting the documentation to the > mailing list (either by attachment or if the file is big by linking to > it) and stating that you agree to its use under Evergreen's > Documentation Licensing Terms > (http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:documentation_licensing_terms). > If you're not the right person to agree, but know who is, please talk > to that person about it. > > I would love to see us get documentation writing off to a running > start in 2010. To this end, perhaps those with a few minutes could > take a look at the proposed documentation outline and consider what > portion you would like to begin working on. Drop an email to > [email protected] to let the facilitators know. > > Happy New Year! > > Thanks, > Karen > > ----- "Karen Collier" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As discussed at the Documentation Interest Group Meeting on > December, > > 9, 2009, I am calling for a vote on Documentation Licensing. > Members > > of the Documentation Interest Group and interested members of the > > Evergreen Community, please vote yes or no on the following > proposals > > by Monday, January 4, 2009 by replying to this email on the > Evergreen > > Documentation mailing list > > ([email protected]). > > > > 1 - Official Evergreen Documentation produced by the Documentation > > Interest Group should be licensed under the Creative Commons > > Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License > > (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). > > > > 2 - Any code included in the official documentation produced by the > > Documentation Interest Group should also be made available under > the > > GNU GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html). > > > > 3 - Official Evergreen Documentation may be made available under > > another copy-left > (http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/copyleft.html) > > open source (http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd) license in the > future > > with a majority vote on the Evergreen Documentation List > > ([email protected]) or comparable > > indication of the Evergreen community's wishes. > > > > 4 - These same licensing terms should be applied to the > Documentation > > Wiki. Past contributors to the Documentation Wiki should be > notified > > by emails sent to Evergreen community mailing lists and to the > email > > address associated with their docuwiki account of the new licensing > > terms and given a reasonable amount of time to request that their > > contributions not be included under those licensing terms. > > > > 5 - By submitting documentation to the Documentation wiki or to the > > Evergreen Documentation List after licensing terms have been > decided > > and publicized, contributors indicate that they (a) agree to these > > licensing terms, and (b) to the best of their knowledge have the > right > > to do so through copyright ownership, permission from the copyright > > owner(s), and/or the licensing terms of any documents that were > > modified or incorporated into their submission. > > > > -- > > Karen Collier > > Public Services Librarian > > Kent County Public Library > > 408 High Street > > Chestertown, MD 21620 > > 410-778-3636 > > _______________________________________________ > > OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://list.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-documentation > > -- > Karen Collier > Public Services Librarian > Kent County Public Library > 408 High Street > Chestertown, MD 21620 > 410-778-3636 > _______________________________________________ > OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-documentation -- Karen Collier Public Services Librarian Kent County Public Library 408 High Street Chestertown, MD 21620 410-778-3636 _______________________________________________ OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION mailing list [email protected] http://list.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-documentation
