Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

Hey! Thank you for reporting back! This sounds really really great for me! So can we please have a poll on which license to choose? If yes, how? Mailinglist? Github? On 30-09-2015 21:28:11, Eric Sagnes wrote: > Hi, > > While editing a page in the current wiki I found a page mentioning > the

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

Hi, While editing a page in the current wiki I found a page mentioning the copyright used: https://nixos.org/wiki/Nix_Wiki:Copyrights (The page is linked from the edition interface of the wiki) Quoting below: --- Right now we don't have a final choice about the license. For now when

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

On 24-09-2015 17:48:17, Edward Tjörnhammar wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 05:24:58PM +0200, Domen Kožar wrote: > >I'm all for permissive creative commons license. > > +1 +1 We would need to contact these people: https://nixos.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers===1=500 I

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

Hi, On 25/09/15 12:50, Kirill Elagin wrote: > I’d like to also point out another problem. > In case some of contributors do not agree to the new terms, how are we going > to > delete their contributions? My understanding is that simply deleting the > content > in question from the page is not

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

On 25 Sep 2015 15:29, "Joachim Schiele" wrote: > > two problems i see here: > - text can't be covered by GPL thus they created CC I suggested nix{os,pkgs} to be GPL3 or MPLv2 not the wiki. > - some edits in the wiki are anonymous (whom to ask?) I wouldn't care about anonymous

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

> However, an alternative to relicensing is to combine it with a move to a > different Wiki, which many people have wanted in the past anyway. For > instance, > we could set up a GitHub wiki, and people could copy their own contributions > to > the new wiki. The new wiki should of course have a

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

two problems i see here: - text can't be covered by GPL thus they created CC - some edits in the wiki are anonymous (whom to ask?) i like that we are adressing this issue now. it is very important. i'd go for CC BY SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ as IMHO this fits the

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

I’d like to also point out another problem. In case some of contributors do not agree to the new terms, how are we going to delete their contributions? My understanding is that simply deleting the content in question from the page is not enough, it’s wiki actually. We’ll have to see how, for

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 09:28:36AM +0200, Joachim Schiele wrote: > two problems i see here: > - text can't be covered by GPL thus they created CC > - some edits in the wiki are anonymous (whom to ask?) > i like that we are adressing this issue now. it is very important. > i'd go for CC BY SA 3.0

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

hi rob, we need your help. can you please provide matthias beyer with all the email addresses from the wiki? you can run these commands: mysql -p or mysql show databases; use lastlogwiki; select user_name,user_real_name,user_email from user; mysql> select user_name,user_real_name,user_email

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

Hi, On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: > I push this topic now, as I still have no answer on what license the > wiki contents have. I don't think the wiki currently has a license. -- Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

Hi, On 24-09-2015 16:34:24, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: > > I push this topic now, as I still have no answer on what license the > > wiki contents have. > > I don't think the wiki currently has a license. > That's the point. So if I want to use content from

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 05:24:58PM +0200, Domen Kožar wrote: >I'm all for permissive creative commons license. +1 >On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Felipe Lessa >wrote: > > Em 24-09-2015 12:04, Matthias Beyer escreveu: > > Hi, > > > > On

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

Em 24-09-2015 12:04, Matthias Beyer escreveu: > Hi, > > On 24-09-2015 16:34:24, Eelco Dolstra wrote: >> On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: >>> I push this topic now, as I still have no answer on what license the >>> wiki contents have. >> >> I don't think the wiki currently has a license.

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

I'm all for permissive creative commons license. On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Felipe Lessa wrote: > Em 24-09-2015 12:04, Matthias Beyer escreveu: > > Hi, > > > > On 24-09-2015 16:34:24, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > >> On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: > >>> I push

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:18:31PM -0300, Felipe Lessa wrote: > Em 24-09-2015 12:04, Matthias Beyer escreveu: > > Hi, > > > > On 24-09-2015 16:34:24, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > >> On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: > >>> I push this topic now, as I still have no answer on what license the > >>>

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

Em 24-09-2015 12:46, Edward Tjörnhammar escreveu: > If I remeber this stuff correctly I believe we will also need need to > reach out to each and every one who has contributed previously and ask > if they accept the new license, otherwise their parts will need to be > purged and rewritten.. This

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

On 09/24/2015 05:24 PM, Domen Kožar wrote: > I'm all for permissive creative commons license. It might be good to have the same license for wiki and nix{pkgs,os,} docs, allowing us to move content around freely. I'm no lawyer, too, but I think there's also the issue of the copyright holder,

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

On 24-09-2015 13:18:26, Felipe Lessa wrote: > Em 24-09-2015 12:46, Edward Tjörnhammar escreveu: > > If I remeber this stuff correctly I believe we will also need need to > > reach out to each and every one who has contributed previously and ask > > if they accept the new license, otherwise their

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

According to my understanding: * 1st agree on a license for the wiki. * we need to get all wiki contributors to agree on said license. * we'll need a written statement from all wiki contributors, could be something simple like "I agree to publish my contributions to the nixos wiki under the X

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

For nix, nixos, nixpkgs and nixops, see source repos and the file COPYING. I think this license applies if there is no other remark on the manual page. I can't find any license info at the wiki. And then I think the 'default' license is that the author owns the rights to all material. But the wiki