+1 Peter's call for truly Free/Libre/Open license. NC is non-Open by the Open definition along with many others.
I encourage CC-BY-SA though, as I like copyleft to keep things Free/Libre/Open for all. But either way. CC-BY is fine too. On 11/24/2014 07:35 AM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote: > The NC clause is incompatible with ?all FLOSS licences (which are close > to CC-BY), so it doesn't make much sense for SSI to adopt it. > (Technically it could still apply to documents and tutorial). I'd urge > them to change it to BY. > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Sander van der Waal > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Iain, > > Thanks for sharing the announcement - it looks like an interesting > workshop on important topic. > > What I find a bit concerning is that I just noticed on the SSI's > website <http://www.software.ac.uk/> that the default licence is > Creative Commons Non-Commercial - ie. a non-open licence = not open > according to the Open Definition <http://opendefinition.org/>. > > It would be amazing if the SSI could adopt a truly open licence > <http://opendefinition.org/about/> like CC-BY or CC-BY-SA so > everyone could benefit from the work that is being shared and that > it will be easier to build freely on the SSI's work. Do you think it > would be possible to take that into consideration and change the > default licence? > > Best, > > Sander > > On 24 November 2014 at 11:52, Iain Emsley <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > * Apologies for cross posting * > > Morning all, > > The Software Sustainability Institute is running a a one-day > workshop > for researchers on the subject of Intellectual Property (IP), > copyright, licensing and commercialisation. This will take place > on 11 > December 2014 in Oxford. The event is free to attend (registration > required). > > http://bit.ly/ssi-ipclc > > Researchers often wonder, or simply don't know, about IP issues > related to their work. In particular those who work with > software and > data often have a host of questions, but lack the right people > to ask. > > The IPCLC workshop brings together researchers and other research > professionals and gets them up to speed on all aspects of IP. This > will provide researchers with the knowledge needed to make decisions > about the digital asset, and help them make contacts with the right > people if they want to ask for further advice. > > We have several key registrations from university staff with the > responsibility for IP and knowledge transfer at their institutions, > and we highly encourage more of these people to attend. Commercial > organisations who are interested in working with researchers on > start-ups will also be attending. > > Come to IPCLC and get your voice heard and your questions answered! > > For more information and registration please > visithttp://bit.ly/ssi-ipclc <http://bit.ly/ssi-ipclc> > > (Disclosure: I work part time for SSI) > > Thanks, > > Iain > > Iain Emsley > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > > > > -- > * > > Sander van der Waal > > Projects Director | @sandervdwaal <https://twitter.com/sandervdwaal> > > Open Knowledge <http://okfn.org/> > > Empowering through Open Knowledge > > http://okfn.org/ | @okfn <http://twitter.com/OKFN> | OKF on > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | Blog > <http://blog.okfn.org/> | Newsletter <http://okfn.org/about/newsletter> > > > > > * > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-en mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-en > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-en > > > > > -- > Peter Murray-Rust > Reader in Molecular Informatics > Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry > University of Cambridge > CB2 1EW, UK > +44-1223-763069 > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss
