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

[Henry Addo]

Hello Cameron,

That is fine by us.

Regards,
Henry!


On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:19 AM, <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Henry,
> 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/<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/<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.
>>
>
>
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