[Live-demo] Fwd: Please confirm you are ok with proposed osgeo-live license ...

[christopher.schmidt at nokia.com]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: ext Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Date: August 5, 2011 7:35:40 AM EDT
> To: <christopher.schmidt at nokia.com>
> Subject: Re: Please confirm you are ok with proposed osgeo-live license ...
> 
> Chris,
> Any chance you could forward this email to live-demo at lists.osgeo.org, so that we have a public confirmation that your contributions to osgeo-live can be used under CC-By and CC-By-SA licenses.
> 
> On 01/07/11 07:30, christopher.schmidt at nokia.com wrote:
>> I'm fine with it.
>> 
>> -- CHris
>> 
>> On Jun 30, 2011, at 5:19 PM, ext cameron.shorter at gmail.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Chris,
>>> I don't think I've received a response from you yet confirming your are ok with the proposed use of CC-By and CC-By-SA for osgeo-live documents.
>>> I'd like to get your confirmation if possible before putting the license into effect.
>>> 
>>> On 30/06/11 09:24, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>> Below is proposed copyright text for OSGeo-Live. In summary:
>>>> Project Overviews will be Creative Commons By Attribution, CC-By,
>>>> which means that they are free, and can be included into closed documentation (similar to the more permissive Open Source licenses like MIT).
>>>> Quickstarts will be Creative Commons By Attribution, Share Alike, CC-By-SA,
>>>> which means that all docs which extend or make use of the Quickstarts will also need to by CC-By-SA as well, (similar to the GPL license).
>>>> If anyone has objections to the license choice, and you have not already mentioned them, please speak up now.
>>>> Also, feel free to suggest alternative wording for this page.
>>>> OSGeo-Live Copyright
>>>> OSGeo-Live is composed entirely of free software, free data and free documentation, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around.
>>>> Project Overviews and Overview Translations, are provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
>>>> Quickstarts and Quickstart Translations, are provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
>>>> Documentation may also be available under other licenses, as listed below.
>>>> Software on OSGeo-Live is available under various Open Source licenses, as described on project websites, and copied into the Project Overviews.
>>>> Data on OSGeo-Live is available under various Open Licences.
>>>> Attributing OSGeo-Live Documentation
>>>> As per the terms of the Creative Commons license, if you include OSGeo-Live documentation into a new document, you will need to attribute the authors using text similar to:
>>>>     This document includes [Project Overviews and/or Quickstarts] from the OSGeo-Live project which is created by OSGeo-Live authors, as listed under Documentation Authors.
>>>> Note: If Quickstarts are included, which are licenced under the `CC By-SA<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>`_ license, then the new document will also need to be licenced under the `CC By-SA<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>`_.
>>>> Documentation Authors
>>>> The table below credits the creators for each of the documents on OSGeo-Live.
>>>> TBD: Insert a table which includes:
>>>> Document, License(s), List of Authors and/or owners
>>>> Disclaimer
>>>> The contents of OSGeo-Live are provided by the copyright holders and contributors “as is” and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of the merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright owner or contributors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, date, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liablity, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Cameron Shorter
>>> Geospatial Director
>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>> 
>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>>> http://www.lisasoft.com
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Director
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
> 
> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
> http://www.lisasoft.com
>