Note: I changed the title as this has nothing to do with the MirOS Licence any more. The latter was specifically drafted to *not* be a software(-only) licence, as I had artwork, multimedia, documenta- tion, etc. (fonts aren't copyrightable in Germany) in mind in the first place.
Patrick Anderson dixit: >> The GPL/AGPL aren't included because they are covered by the open >> source/free software definitions. > >Does this mean all licenses covered by those definitions are >automatically INCLUDED, or that they are automatically EXCLUDED? They are automatically excluded, as they don't match the definition. This goes along with FSF recommendations to use specially-crafted documentation licences. >For instance, I follow the development of many Free Software games, >and know that some of the groups are moving from the CC licenses to >the GPL for the artwork (3D models, sprites, textures, etc.) because >it just makes things easier to use a GPL compatible license, > [ copyleft FUD stripped ] Using the GNU GPL for non-software is possible, but only to a limited amount. This works best for e.g. manuals that are partially created from the programme in question, or vice versa. >Even a small amount of music and video is available under the GPL. Sure, this is possible, since the licensor decides, but pretty sub- optimal, as the scope of interpretation is broader and more fuzzy. I think the idea behind OSD (software) and OKD is to make things less fuzzy to give people an idea what to do / where to look for licences, not to cover all possible corner cases. Please correct me if I'm wrong. //mirabilos -- Sometimes they [people] care too much: pretty printers [and syntax highligh- ting, d.A.] mechanically produce pretty output that accentuates irrelevant detail in the program, which is as sensible as putting all the prepositions in English text in bold font. -- Rob Pike in "Notes on Programming in C" _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
