Even though I like to make out that I know a bit about Copyright, I don't actually know where the difference lays between GNU and CC BY SA.. A proforma letter on Wikied would be great! Perhaps you should cross ppost your question into WV as well..
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:39 PM, James Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I realise this isn't a new topic, so feel to point me to > further/background reading... > > but what are the implications and legal subtleties of the difference > between the licenses used on WV (GNU Free) and WE (CC Attribution)? > > I would like to prepare a proforma letter to send to owners of copyright > material which I use in my teaching (e.g., an image in a presentation), > requesting permission for them to release the IP into a free culture > license which would it to be uploaded into Wiki Commons or elsewhere as > appropriate. My hunch is that > 50% could give permission. > > If there is such a letter you know of or can share, please let me know. > > Obviously it would be important for such a letter to cover all > conceivable licensing contingencies. > > Is the solution to dual-license materials? And could that be done, > practically? > > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
