[TOS] textbook: oss-watch content and licensing

Philip Olson philip at roshambo.org
Tue Jul 14 00:12:37 UTC 2009


On Jul 10, 2009, at 2:29 PM, 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?

Yes.

Regards,
Philip



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