[OSGeo-UK] Software documentation licensing

[Mike Saunt]

CC-BY is good.

On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 at 17:25, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm in agreement with Ian go CC-BY
>
> Attribution is more than just a courtesy, IMO, it is one of the pillars of
> our community and its ecosystem
>
> Steven
>
> 07958 924101
>
> *Maps in the Wild*
> mappery.org <http://www.mappery.org/>
> @MapsintheWild <http://twitter.com/mapsinthewild>
>
> Subscribe to our weekly “Maps in the Wild” newsletter
> <https://mappery.org/mailing-list/>
>
> On 8 Jul 2019, at 16:51, Ian Turton <ijturton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I would go with CC-BY as it seems to be a basic courtesy to reference who
> wrote the docs you are using.  GeoServer currently uses that for it's docs
> with no issues (other than users refusing to read them), GeoTools seems not
> mention a licence for the docs but the code samples are explicitly PD so
> people can cut and paste them into their code with no issues, but to be
> honest I can't see why CC-BY would be an issue there (I always add a
> comment about where I grabbed a code snippet from).
>
> Ian
>
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 at 16:32, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm after a wide spread of opinions about licensing of documentation
>> for the Google Season of Docs project that I'm working with OSGeo on.
>>
>> We're discussing which Creative Commons license we should use for
>> documentation templates. The general opinion is split between CC-0
>> (https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/), which effectively equates
>> to Public Domain, and CC-By
>> (
>> https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-types-examples/licensing-examples/#by
>> )
>> which requires Attribution.
>>
>> Hypothetically, can anyone think of any scenarios where a commercial
>> company would not want to use either of these, or would choose one or
>> the other?
>>
>> No need to reply-all on this if you don't want, but if anyone at all
>> has any opinion on the matter or has come across documentation
>> licensing issues before, I'd love to hear about it. The more specific
>> the better, please!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jo
>>
>> --
>> Jo Cook
>> t:+44 7930 524 155/twitter:@archaeogeek
>> Please note that currently I do not work on Friday afternoons. For
>> urgent responses at that time, please visit
>> support.astuntechnology.com or phone our office on 01372 744009
>>
>> --
>> --
>> *Sign up to our mailing list
>> <https://astuntechnology.com/company/#email-updates> for updates on
>> news,
>> products, conferences, events and training*
>> *
>> *
>>
>> Astun Technology Ltd, The
>> Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK
>> t:+44 1372 744
>> 009 w: astuntechnology.com <http://astuntechnology.com/
>> > twitter:@astuntech
>> <https://twitter.com/astuntech>
>>
>>
>>
>> iShare - enterprise geographic
>> intelligence platform <https://astuntechnology.com/ishare/>
>> GeoServer,
>> PostGIS and QGIS training <https://astuntechnology.com/services/#training
>> >
>>
>> Helpdesk and customer portal
>> <http://support.astuntechnology.com/support/login>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Company registration
>> no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 120
>> Manor
>> Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. 864201149.
>> _______________________________________________
>> UK mailing list
>> UK at lists.osgeo.org
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
>
>
>
> --
> Ian Turton
>
> _______________________________________________
> UK mailing list
> UK at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
>
> _______________________________________________
> UK mailing list
> UK at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk



-- 

*Mike Saunt*

-- 
-- 
*Sign up to our mailing list 
<https://astuntechnology.com/company/#email-updates> for updates on news, 
products, conferences, events and training*
*
*

Astun Technology Ltd, The 
Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK 
t:+44 1372 744 
009 w: astuntechnology.com <http://astuntechnology.com/> twitter:@astuntech 
<https://twitter.com/astuntech>



iShare - enterprise geographic 
intelligence platform <https://astuntechnology.com/ishare/>
GeoServer, 
PostGIS and QGIS training <https://astuntechnology.com/services/#training>

Helpdesk and customer portal 
<http://support.astuntechnology.com/support/login>




Company registration 
no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 120 Manor 
Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. 864201149.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/uk/attachments/20190709/723f5328/attachment.html>