claus.reinke: > >(sorry if you already know this, just want to clarify. All AIUI, IANAL, > >etc) > > neither am i!-) > > >If you publish something under licence A, you still remain the copyright > >holder, and can later also publish it under licence B. You can also > >publish it combined with other material under licence B. > > yes, and nobody is forced to sign on to that waiver list, either. but some > of those who do might find it hampering rather than encouraging their > own contributions. knowing as they do that someone else might publish > their results for and before them, and that they have given full permission > for that to happen. i would not like to see list contributions from those > active community members falter because of such possible side-effects. > > most uses do not even seem to require that waiver. and those who do > not sign on might still be perfectly happy to respond to most requests > with a simple "ok, go ahead".
I agree, most uses don't requrie the waiver. I mostly see it as useful for when we don't just want to link to a dry mailing list, but instead use a post as the intial text for a page, which is then further edited. > >>why should we have to think about licensing at all? > > > >If you want code you write to be distributed by Debian, for example, > >then you need to license it appropriately. > > yes, and for the wiki it makes sense, and for open-source projects > it makes sense, and i prefer the least limiting licenses whenever possible. > i was just pointing out that the default copyright might make more sense > for the mailing list, imho. a simple email informing the original authors > shouldn't be that hard, should it? I agree: it would be basic courtesy to point out that a wiki page has been created. I expect that to continue to occur anyway. This also means we don't lose material written by those who might later levae the community, which is useful. -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
