[MapServer-dev] Motion: upgrade documentation license version from CC BY-SA 3.0 to 4.0

[Seth G]

+1

Seth

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On Mon, Feb 6, 2023, at 3:31 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Dear PSC,
>
> Background
> ----------
>
> Through recent clarifications made for the MapServer-documentation 
> GitHub repository, as well as the visible 'copyright' page on 
> mapserver.org, it was pointed out that the documentation uses an old CC 
> BY-SA version, 3.0, that was released in 2007, whereas a more complete 
> license version 4.0 has been available since 2013.
>
> The CC BY-SA 4.0 license was released to tackle some issues such as:
>   - international law / global scope
>   - prevent copyleft trolls
>     - to prevent: 
> https://doctorow.medium.com/a-bug-in-early-creative-commons-licenses-has-enabled-a-new-breed-of-superpredator-5f6360713299
>   - international translations of the license
>   - improved readability
>     - read more about "what's new" in the 4.0 series at 
> https://creativecommons.org/version4/
>     - read a short summary of the 4.0 license: 
> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
>
> I believe that this is a good time to upgrade the 
> MapServer-documentation license to version 4.0
>
> The Fedora project also recently upgraded from CC BY-SA 3.0 to 4.0 :
>    - read about the benefits of upgrading, for the Fedora project: 
> https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/policy-proposal-update-default-content-license-to-cc-by-sa-4-0/
>    - read about the Fedora announcement of the CC BY-SA 4.0 default 
> license: 
> https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedoras-default-license-for-content-is-now-cc-by-sa-4-0/
>
> Motion to the PSC
> -----------------
>
> I therefore motion to the MapServer PSC that the MapServer-documentation 
> license should be upgraded from CC BY-SA 3.0 to CC BY-SA 4.0
>
> Motion voting window
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>
> Will give 5 business days for responses.
>
> Related Pull Request
> --------------------
>
> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer-documentation/pull/796
>
> Comments
> --------
>
> I believe this is good timing, to review the original documentation 
> license, before the imminent MapServer 8.0.1 release.
>
>
> Thank-you for your passion, to share,
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
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