[TOS] textbook: oss-watch content and licensing

[Karsten Wade]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 05:29:54PM -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> 
> Calling all authors.
> 
> Ross Gardler has demonstrated his readiness to put all of the content at 
> oss-watch (a considerable amount) at our disposal.  But before we start 
> incorporating that content, we have a question to answer:
> 
> What licensing are we likely to choose for this text?
> 
> I propose that we go cc-by-sa (attribution + sharealike), and avoid the nc 
> (noncommercial) clause.  I would rather achieve maximum penetration with 
> this text, and if that means arguably sacrificing some revenue that nc 
> clauses might (allegedly) protect, that's fine with me.
> 
> Authors, do you agree?

+1 whole-heartedly

- Karsten
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Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Community Gardener
http://quaid.fedorapeople.org
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