package dokuwiki reopen 721941 thanks Mark Carroll, 2013-09-05 20:56+0100:
I am sorry that you took umbrage, but I actually chose my words more carefully than that: it is my notes that I wrote of, not myself. I've been happily using Debian since 0.93R6 and like the idea of the GPL; I just think it's going surprisingly far, without some larger policy decision that perhaps I missed, to insist that the free licensing extends to the information processed by the software too. It's like if I installed gcc and was asked to say that all the code I compile with it has to be noncommercially shareable, or likewise with apache and web pages. It's not unthinkable, but it's weird to spring this on people in this way.
Okay, I understand your surprise. Now, the origin of that is that wikis are mostly used to share content, so in their most common use, they require a content license. DokuWiki, in its unpackaged install script (that is the install.php that is included), offers a choice of common licenses for that.
I agree that another alternative use of wikis is personal content management, but in that case, the wiki is usually made accessible only to the local host or network, and that possibility is implemented as an installation question in the Debian package. For personal content management over the Internet, that restriction should be replaced by some user/password, but the idea is the same: restrict access to yourself only. So, in these cases, the license really does not matter since you are the only one to see your own content.
For the other, really specific possible uses, I agree that the way to choose a custom license could be made more evident, so I will change the question text so it explains that the license can be changed after the installation, even to a specific license or to the null one, by editing two files.
Thank you for the instructions; of course, I don't agree that the bug is at all non-existent, but I must grant that you are far more polite and responsive than many other maintainers. At least you've pointed the way to alternative ways to install.
Since I just told I was going to do something about it, I am reopening this bug. :-)
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