On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Nat Sakimura <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> I see no problem in placing a CC license on the site and the wiki, though >> considering many people have contributed to the wiki I doubt we can just >> place a CC license on the existing content. I don't see a problem in >> placing a CC license on the site content given that we can contact the small >> group of people who wrote it and ask for their permission. > > > The original Wiki site had GFDL. People should have agreed to GFDL when > they posted. > The current one has not such provision, and that is a problem. > I've added the GFDL license to the new wiki's sidebar. We can change it later if we need to. We can also add a page describing the licensing terms for contributions to the wiki. Currently it does not seem like we'll be able to add a licensing checkbox for new members to agree to. > > As to which CC license we should pick, I would promote > > CC BY-SA-NC > > If they are publishing a book by reprinting wiki for profit, we should be > able to collect some money to help the community. Any thought? > That seems unlikely (publishing a book of the wiki for profit). It's conceivable, but unlikely. I think CC BY-SA would be sufficient -- then at least whatever derivative works are created would need to be shared under the same license. Chris -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant & Open Web Advocate-at-Large factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org citizenagency.com # vidoop.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private
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