Re: documentation license?

2010-08-11 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jakob, > I quote from > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#DocumentationLicenses > which is an excellent page by the way. Thanks! > But MIT license for everything would make me be quiet and happy, too. OK, I see. I must say that I also more and more tend to MIT/X11. It is so ver

Re: documentation license?

2010-08-11 Thread Jakob Eriksson
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:39:43 +0200, Alexander Burger wrote: > > What would be the advantage if the documentation is under a separate > license? And what if we change the GPL of the code to BSD or MIT, > wouldn't it be much more clear and simple if also the docs were BSD or > MIT? Is there any s

Re: documentation license?

2010-08-11 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jakob, > For simplicity, you can also dual license. Documentation, as part of the > code, is GPL (or LGPL or X11 if my wishes come true) but, documentation > can > also be distributed under a Creative Commons license of Alex' choice. What would be the advantage if the documentation is under a

Re: documentation license?

2010-08-11 Thread Jakob Eriksson
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:04:14 +0200, Jakob Eriksson wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:25:40 +0800, Edwin Eyan Moragas > wrote: >> >>> >>> I think the documentation is tightly coupled and in sync with the code, >>> so I felt that it should be under the same license as the code. > > I always though

Re: documentation license?

2010-08-11 Thread Jakob Eriksson
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:25:40 +0800, Edwin Eyan Moragas wrote: > >> >> I think the documentation is tightly coupled and in sync with the code, >> so I felt that it should be under the same license as the code. I always thought one of the Creative Commons licenses are better suited for documentat

Re: documentation license?

2010-08-09 Thread Edwin Eyan Moragas
Hi Alex, On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Alexander Burger wrote: > Hi Edwin, > >> what's the license of the documentation that comes with picoLisp? > > I assumed that it is also under the GPL until now, as the GPL is the > only license included in the distribution. > > As we are currently discus

Re: documentation license?

2010-08-09 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Edwin, > what's the license of the documentation that comes with picoLisp? I assumed that it is also under the GPL until now, as the GPL is the only license included in the distribution. As we are currently discussing the license issue, what would be your proposal for the documentation? Is a