Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-30 Thread Matthias Beyer
Hey! Thank you for reporting back! This sounds really really great for me! So can we please have a poll on which license to choose? If yes, how? Mailinglist? Github? On 30-09-2015 21:28:11, Eric Sagnes wrote: > Hi, > > While editing a page in the current wiki I found a page mentioning > the co

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-30 Thread Eric Sagnes
Hi, While editing a page in the current wiki I found a page mentioning the copyright used: https://nixos.org/wiki/Nix_Wiki:Copyrights (The page is linked from the edition interface of the wiki) Quoting below: --- Right now we don't have a final choice about the license. For now when contributi

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-25 Thread Joachim Schiele
hi rob, we need your help. can you please provide matthias beyer with all the email addresses from the wiki? you can run these commands: mysql -p or mysql show databases; use lastlogwiki; select user_name,user_real_name,user_email from user; mysql> select user_name,user_real_name,user_email fro

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-25 Thread Jookia
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 09:28:36AM +0200, Joachim Schiele wrote: > two problems i see here: > - text can't be covered by GPL thus they created CC > - some edits in the wiki are anonymous (whom to ask?) > i like that we are adressing this issue now. it is very important. > i'd go for CC BY SA 3.0

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-25 Thread Vladimír Čunát
> However, an alternative to relicensing is to combine it with a move to a > different Wiki, which many people have wanted in the past anyway. For > instance, > we could set up a GitHub wiki, and people could copy their own contributions > to > the new wiki. The new wiki should of course have a

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-25 Thread stewart mackenzie
On 25 Sep 2015 15:29, "Joachim Schiele" wrote: > > two problems i see here: > - text can't be covered by GPL thus they created CC I suggested nix{os,pkgs} to be GPL3 or MPLv2 not the wiki. > - some edits in the wiki are anonymous (whom to ask?) I wouldn't care about anonymous edits. Proving it

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-25 Thread Matthias Beyer
On 24-09-2015 17:48:17, Edward Tjörnhammar wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 05:24:58PM +0200, Domen Kožar wrote: > >I'm all for permissive creative commons license. > > +1 +1 We would need to contact these people: https://nixos.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers&username=&group

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-25 Thread Eelco Dolstra
Hi, On 25/09/15 12:50, Kirill Elagin wrote: > I’d like to also point out another problem. > In case some of contributors do not agree to the new terms, how are we going > to > delete their contributions? My understanding is that simply deleting the > content > in question from the page is not e

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-25 Thread Kirill Elagin
I’d like to also point out another problem. In case some of contributors do not agree to the new terms, how are we going to delete their contributions? My understanding is that simply deleting the content in question from the page is not enough, it’s wiki actually. We’ll have to see how, for exampl

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-25 Thread Joachim Schiele
two problems i see here: - text can't be covered by GPL thus they created CC - some edits in the wiki are anonymous (whom to ask?) i like that we are adressing this issue now. it is very important. i'd go for CC BY SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ as IMHO this fits the other

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread stewart mackenzie
According to my understanding: * 1st agree on a license for the wiki. * we need to get all wiki contributors to agree on said license. * we'll need a written statement from all wiki contributors, could be something simple like "I agree to publish my contributions to the nixos wiki under the X lice

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Vladimír Čunát
On 09/24/2015 05:24 PM, Domen Kožar wrote: > I'm all for permissive creative commons license. It might be good to have the same license for wiki and nix{pkgs,os,} docs, allowing us to move content around freely. I'm no lawyer, too, but I think there's also the issue of the copyright holder, which

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Matthias Beyer
On 24-09-2015 13:18:26, Felipe Lessa wrote: > Em 24-09-2015 12:46, Edward Tjörnhammar escreveu: > > If I remeber this stuff correctly I believe we will also need need to > > reach out to each and every one who has contributed previously and ask > > if they accept the new license, otherwise their pa

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Felipe Lessa
Em 24-09-2015 12:46, Edward Tjörnhammar escreveu: > If I remeber this stuff correctly I believe we will also need need to > reach out to each and every one who has contributed previously and ask > if they accept the new license, otherwise their parts will need to be > purged and rewritten.. This is

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Edward Tjörnhammar
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 05:24:58PM +0200, Domen Kožar wrote: >I'm all for permissive creative commons license. +1 >On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Felipe Lessa >wrote: > > Em 24-09-2015 12:04, Matthias Beyer escreveu: > > Hi, > > > > On 24-09-2015 16:34:24, Eelco

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Edward Tjörnhammar
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:18:31PM -0300, Felipe Lessa wrote: > Em 24-09-2015 12:04, Matthias Beyer escreveu: > > Hi, > > > > On 24-09-2015 16:34:24, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > >> On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: > >>> I push this topic now, as I still have no answer on what license the > >>> w

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Domen Kožar
I'm all for permissive creative commons license. On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Felipe Lessa wrote: > Em 24-09-2015 12:04, Matthias Beyer escreveu: > > Hi, > > > > On 24-09-2015 16:34:24, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > >> On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: > >>> I push this topic now, as I still

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Felipe Lessa
Em 24-09-2015 12:04, Matthias Beyer escreveu: > Hi, > > On 24-09-2015 16:34:24, Eelco Dolstra wrote: >> On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: >>> I push this topic now, as I still have no answer on what license the >>> wiki contents have. >> >> I don't think the wiki currently has a license. >>

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Matthias Beyer
Hi, On 24-09-2015 16:34:24, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: > > I push this topic now, as I still have no answer on what license the > > wiki contents have. > > I don't think the wiki currently has a license. > That's the point. So if I want to use content from t

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Eelco Dolstra
Hi, On 24/09/15 16:07, Matthias Beyer wrote: > I push this topic now, as I still have no answer on what license the > wiki contents have. I don't think the wiki currently has a license. -- Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/ __

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-24 Thread Matthias Beyer
Thank you for your reply. I push this topic now, as I still have no answer on what license the wiki contents have. On 21-09-2015 15:39:35, Joel Moberg wrote: > For nix, nixos, nixpkgs and nixops, see source repos and the file COPYING. > I think this license applies if there is no other remark on

Re: [Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-21 Thread Joel Moberg
For nix, nixos, nixpkgs and nixops, see source repos and the file COPYING. I think this license applies if there is no other remark on the manual page. I can't find any license info at the wiki. And then I think the 'default' license is that the author owns the rights to all material. But the wiki

[Nix-dev] What license does the content of the nixos wiki and the manuals have?

2015-09-21 Thread Matthias Beyer
Hi, I cannot find any hints under what license the nixos wiki and the manuales on nix, nixos, nixpkgs and nixops are published. The pages "About Nix wiki" and "Disclaimers" as well as "Privacy Policy" on the nixos wiki are non-existent. So does anyone know something about this topic? -- Mit fr