[Journal] Licensing of journal

[Micha Silver]

Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:

> Good!  I just modified the topical sentence a bit more.  I just 
> softened it a bit:
> "
> Topical articles covering theoretical aspects of GIS are also welcome, 
> but are encouraged to also point to specific FOSS implementations.
> "
That sounds fine.
> Thanks for looking at this.
>
> Are you happy with the licensing side of it?
>
Well, by foregoing the more restrictive CC license which allows only 
"noncommercial" distribution 
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) we're allowing for 
someone to use articles from the Journal in a commercial magazine, or to 
profit in some other way with the help of an OSGeo Journal article - 
provided she gives due attribution, and doesn't change anything.  As far 
as I can envision, distribution of the Journal in a commercial context 
would also further the cause of FOSS GIS, as well as exposure of the 
publication. So why not? In short, I think your choice of the by-nd CC 
license was correct.

On the wiki page, you've quoted verbatum the text of the license. Notice 
that the third point, "For any reuse or distribution..." mentions 
"...with a link to this web page". The intention, of course, is a link 
to the creativecommons.org page, and NOT our particular OSGeo wiki page. 
So I've made the word "this" an html link to the creativecommons.org page.

> Tyler
>
Regards,
Micha