Hi :) Good point. So can you back that up by finding me even 1 original author who objects enough that they would be able to get Apache to file a suit against us and serve us with a "Take down" or "Cease and desist" notice which we would find difficult to action within a reasonable time-frame? Regards from Tom :)
On 30 November 2013 20:52, Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 10:59 PM, C <smau...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It's not about court cases, it's about respecting the wishes and >> expectations of people who did contribute under a specific license (or >> no license). > > Totally agree with Clayton about that. > >> >> If we treat legacy documentation content that does not have any >> explicit license as being under PDL (as much as we may not like PDL), >> we should be within reason of the original expectations of the >> original authors. This is compatible with the license statements on >> the AOO Wiki today. >> >> If the PDL is incompatible with the CC-BY-SA licenses in use for >> LibreOffice, then maybe instead of direct copy/paste, use the content >> as a starting point... rewrite and update the content to make it >> relevant to LibreOffice. Does this idea still respect the original >> author's intentions as well as the expectations of anyone who >> contributed to the FAQs since they were added to the Wiki? > > > I don't know whether PDL is compatiable with CC-BY-SA. Whether it is > or not, I think Clayton's suggestion is best: instead of directly > copying the content on the AOO wiki, use it as a starting point and > rewrite and update it as needed for LO. That also has the advantage of > forcing us to review the material to make sure it's up to date for LO. > > --Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
