* Ron Jensen -- Tuesday 25 November 2008:
> I have to agree with Melchior. The project should insist
> on a single license for the screenshots.
The problem with multiple, submitter-chosen licenses it:
- you have to archive and understand all the licenses, and
- you have to note which screenshot i
Some potential pitfalls. Who 'is' the flightgear project? Is it the
leadership? Is it everyone by consensus? What if the project splits?
What if you as an individual does not agree with the project
leadership? You have lost your rights.
Taking the case of flight sim pro as an example. By sa
IANAL,
I have to agree with Melchior. The project should insist on a single
license for the screenshots.
I also agree with the basic aims of the suggested wiki license and offer
the following suggestions:
*** First ***
The bullet:
- The creator grants the FlightGear project a revokable and
no
I am suggesting nothing more complex than a requirement for the
description to include a license. No license information - no upload.
Forcing a single license for something that is individual and clearly
divisble is way too coarse.
There should be no maintenance of the flightgear project's side.
* Matthew Tippett -- Tuesday 25 November 2008:
> I would suggest *NOT* making flightgear responsible for managing the
> licenses on the images in the gallery.
But that's exactly what you suggest: that everyone chooses his
favorite license, and the project therefore has to manage all that
and keep
I would suggest *NOT* making flightgear responsible for managing the
licenses on the images in the gallery. I would suggest however that
there be a requirement for the uploader to explicitly state the
license that they want.
It is a quagmire if you start placing restrictions beyond the standard
Cr
On mardi 25 novembre 2008, francesco wrote:
> Melchior FRANZ ha scritto:
> > There could be no doubt about the legal status of the screenshots
> > displayed on our webpage. If there's no explicit license, then they
> > are automatically protected by national copyright law in countries
> > which sig
Melchior FRANZ ha scritto:
> There could be no doubt about the legal status of the screenshots
> displayed on our webpage. If there's no explicit license, then they
> are automatically protected by national copyright law in countries
> which signed the Berne Convention. But we *want* that they be u
There could be no doubt about the legal status of the screenshots
displayed on our webpage. If there's no explicit license, then they
are automatically protected by national copyright law in countries
which signed the Berne Convention. But we *want* that they be used
in articles and reviews about F
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