Re: [SDL] Proposed wiki license

2004-08-23 Thread Joe Moore
My suggestions are inline. To me, this looks like it is intended as a free license. It may not pass the tentacles of evil test since it is not precisely worded, but a statement by the copyright holder that the free interpretation applies is sufficent to cover this issue. On Wed, Aug 18,

Re: [SDL] Proposed wiki license

2004-08-21 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
I don't think #5, there, grants permission for modifications -- it only allows you to distribute the modifications you've made under 4, 6, nd 7. Non-improving modifications are not permitted, so this is non-Free. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SDL] Proposed wiki license

2004-08-20 Thread Glenn Maynard
d-legal: CC'd for comments, since this is a topic that came up many times during the GFDL discussions, and my initial recommendation of using the same license for the wiki as the software originated there. DFSG-freeness may be an issue at some point as well, since, as Stephane observed, it's very