[MapServer-dev] Missing license for the documentation repository

[Jeff McKenna]

As Jukka pointed out, it's a good time to upgrade to version 4.0 of the 
license (handled through 
https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer-documentation/pull/796 )

Thanks all,

-jeff



On 2023-02-05 10:45 a.m., Jeff McKenna wrote:
> errr  (I'm having a bad day it seems)......the repo license is actually 
> in /en/copyright.txt and covered by CC BY SA)
> 
> Closing that Pull Request.
> 
> Again, my apologies.  Darn.  I'll try to clarify this in the README.md 
> now, instead.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On 2023-02-05 10:37 a.m., Jeff McKenna wrote:
>> Hi devs,
>>
>> The MapServer-documentation repository is actually missing a license.  
>> I have created a Pull Request to add a license, which is actually the 
>> CC BY 4.0 license :
>>
>>    - pull request: 
>> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer-documentation/pull/793
>>    - about CC BY 4.0 : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
>>
>> This license was chosen because it is the most permissive 
>> CreativeCommons license.
>>
>> I'm just sharing here, as most devs don't follow that issue tracker 
>> for docs.
>>
>> (needless to say, all documentation requires a license, and our 
>> MapServer Documentation repo is actually shared quite often in other 
>> projects)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 

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Jeff McKenna
GatewayGeo: Developers of MS4W, MapServer Consulting and Training
co-founder of FOSS4G
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