Thanks Mario, 

that was good to know.

What concerns me more are TWs I've found "in the wild" - can I quote from 
them if I can't get permission from the author
and if there are no apparent rights in the TW file????

Cheers

/Joe

On Tuesday, 25 December 2018 15:14:32 UTC+1, PMario wrote:
>
> Hi Joe, 
>
> Everything used from tiddlywiki.com is licensed, based on the following 
> definitions from 2 CLAs
>
> see: https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/tree/master/licenses
>
> more specific for individuals: 
> https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/blob/master/licenses/cla-individual.md#2-grant-of-rights
>   
>
> TiddlyWiki *code* uses: BSD 3-cause
> TiddlyWiki *docs* uses: CC-BY 
>
> Every contributor needs to sign the CLA prior to merging the pull-request. 
> Signing the CLA is an "active" process. So it can't happen by accident. The 
> list of contributors can be seen at the end of the CLA.
>
> Every plugin, that can be included with the TW plugin manager has to use 
> the same licenses. 
>
> 3rd party plguins should have their own licenses, which are completely up 
> to the author. If a plugin itself uses external libraries, the used 
> licenses can add up. 
>
> see: 
> https://wikilabs.github.io/editions/markdown-it/#%24%3A%2Fplugins%2Fwikilabs%2Fmarkdown-it
>  
> ... where my plugin uses BSD 3-clause and the underlying library uses MIT.
>
> I personally don't include the license text. I include links only. ... 
> Because for some of my plugins the license text would be bigger then the 
> "real" plugin content. 
>
> If licenses are defined within a VCS (version control system), it's easy 
> to verify, which license was active at any given time. If 3rd party plugins 
> are hosted, without VCS, it will be difficult, since the author can change 
> the library text at any time. So the latest active plugin could have had a 
> different license 2 years ago.
>
> I personally would *not* want to contribute to the "EDLs (Edit 
> description lists)" because I consider it "bloat of metadata". I'm in favor 
> of having an "audit-able" system, but it needs to come "naturally". So it 
> has to be part of the underlying system, without the need to make the core 
> more complicated.  
>
> IMO a system with much potential for TiddlyWiki is the DAT-protocol and 
> DAT-filesystem. see: DAT-project <https://datproject.org/> 
>
> It uses a "copy on write" storage system, that is "naturally" versioned. 
> So it's easy to create valid links to licenses, which also include the 
> whole "prose text". ... 
>   
> just some thoughts. 
>
> have fun!
> mario
>
>

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