Definitely don't make it non-commercial. This is a vague term that is hard to define.<div><br><div>I would suggest that authors give a double license: one which is common for the whole live dvd, and a second one which is the same as the license of the software program.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If at any point somebody wants to combine part of the documentation with the program (eg write a man file) he/she can do it much more easily if the license is the same.</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Alex Mandel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I wonder if we should also specify share alike. So it would be<br>
Attribution Share-Alike.<br>
<br>
If I recall the controversy was over if it should be Non-commercial and<br>
I can see how we need to leave that off in order to encourage<br>
contributions from companies to OSGeo live.<br>
<br>
Any objections to making it Attribution Share-Alike?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Alex<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 06/17/2011 03:14 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
> OSGeo-Live authors,<br>
> It has been picked up that we have not selected a specific CC license.<br>
> As such, I'm about to update all OSGeo-Live docs to be CC by<br>
> Attribution, as per below.<br>
><br>
> If you have any objections, please speak up before Monday 20 June.<br>
><br>
> On 15/06/11 08:37, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
>> Which license?<br>
>> =========<br>
>> Firstly, in the RST source, the majority of our docs are licensed as<br>
>> "Creative Commons". As Simon points out, we need to be more specific.<br>
>> I suggest that we change our template to use the least restrictive of<br>
>> the Creative Commons licenses, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0<br>
</div>>> Unported License <<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>>, and<br>
<div class="im">>> ask all authors to confirm that we can change their docs to this version.<br>
>><br>
>> What reference?<br>
>> ===========<br>
>> I suggest that we add the following to our disclaimer.html page:<br>
>><br>
>> The OSGeo-Live documentation is licensed under a Creative Commons<br>
>> Attribution 3.0 Unported License<br>
</div>>> <<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>> by the respective<br>
>> OSGeo-Live authors <<a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/sponsors.html#contributors" target="_blank">http://live.osgeo.org/en/sponsors.html#contributors</a>>.<br>
<div class="im">>><br>
>> The software and data included with OSGeo-Live are licenced under<br>
>> their respective Open Source or other Open license.<br>
>><br>
>> Derivative works?<br>
>> ===========<br>
>> I suggest we recommend the following text be included in derivative<br>
>> works:<br>
>><br>
>> "If incorporating content from the OSGeo-Live project, please<br>
>> attribute using text similar to:<br>
>> [This document] incorporates OSGeo-Live documentation, which is owned<br>
>> by the respective OSGeo-Live authors."<br>
>><br>
><br>
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