From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tycho garen Subject: Re: What license for Worg? Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:10:43 -0400 Message-ID: <20100808211042.GA27500@deleuze.linlan> References: <874ofd19fd.fsf@altern.org> <20100803125324.GB32422@deleuze.linlan> <8739uvxaci.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44095 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OiD9F-0008W2-R2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:11:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiD8n-00089D-P2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:10:47 -0400 Received: from mail-qw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.216.41]:41712) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiD8n-000898-Lj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:10:45 -0400 Received: by qwk4 with SMTP id 4so7676667qwk.0 for ; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:10:44 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8739uvxaci.fsf@gnu.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 Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 06:36:45AM +0200, Bastien wrote: > Here is what I read at the bottom of every emacswiki.org page: > > This work is licensed to you under version 2 of the GNU General Public > License. [..] > So this is GPLv2. Any idea why this isn't GPLv3? No clue. I must confess that I'm writing this email without the benefit of a net connection, so I can't check if emacs itself has moved to GPLv3. If it hasn't I can imagine wanting to keep emacs wiki compatible with emacs itself. > Also, I find the formulation a bit confusing. Is it the standard > formulation when multi-licensing? Where can I found an example of a > clear multi-licensing statement? I'm not a lawyer or even particularly interested in the technicalities of such, but I do think that the emacs-wiki statement errs on the side of being human intelligible at the expense of concision. > I've not made up my mind yet, but I would go for something like that: > > The content of the Worg website is licensed under the CC BY-SA 3.0 and > the GPLv3 and the GFDL 1.3. You can choose to receive the content of > Worg under any of these three licenses. > > Good? I'd include "or later" statements, so that Worg can optionally take advantage of any updates to these licenses if they are revised to fix issues that arise (which is, again, the same as emacs itself.) More than anything, the "or later" statements, reduce potential future headache. Perhaps something like The content of the Worg website is licensed under the CC BY-SA 3.0 (or later) and the GNU GPLv3 (or later) and the GNU FDL 1.3 (or later). You can choose to receive the content of Worg under any of these three licenses. Again, just a thought. 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