From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tycho garen Subject: Re: What license for Worg? Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 08:53:24 -0400 Message-ID: <20100803125324.GB32422@deleuze.linlan> References: <874ofd19fd.fsf@altern.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37120 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OgGzp-0000yw-Hs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:53:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OgGzn-0001xX-J9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:53:29 -0400 Received: from foucault.cyborginstitute.net ([97.107.134.101]:33213) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OgGzn-0001xB-HV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:53:27 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <874ofd19fd.fsf@altern.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bastien Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 02:33:10PM +0200, Bastien wrote: > Hi all, > > what is the most suitable license (or licensing scheme) for Worg? > > Here is the best solution I can think of: dual-licensing[1] under the > GNU Free Documentation License 1.3[2] and the Creative Commons BY-SA > 3.0[3] license. This solution would make it possible to take excerpts > from Worg and put them into Org manual for later inclusion in Emacs, > which uses GFDL 1.3 for the Emacs manual. > > Would any Worg contributor have objection to this? > > I'm open to any suggestion, please let ideas flow. This seems fine, the only possible concern that I have with this is that GFDL licensed code snippets aren't compatible with the GPL. I'm not sure how much actual code is in worg, and if this is an issue, but it's worth considering. My impulse for free-software-style writing projects is to use the emacs wiki license statement which says CC-BY-SA/GFDL/GPL 3 or later (with a clarification of what constitutes "corresponding source code"), but that might be a bit vague in some cases. Cheers! sam -- tycho(ish) @ garen@tychoish.com http://www.tychoish.com/ http://www.cyborginstitute.com/ "don't get it right, get it written" -- james thurber