[TOS] textbook: oss-watch content and licensing
Karsten Wade
kwade at redhat.com
Sat Jul 11 00:22:51 UTC 2009
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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