Re: RFC: relicense wiki.koha.org

[Ben Finney-12]

Galen Charlton <galen.charlton@...>
writes:

> * The Koha manual is licensed under the GPL, and a CC-BY-NC-SA license
> is not compatible, making it questionable whether content from the
> wiki can be incorporated into the manual.
[…]

> Consequently, I propose that we relicense the wiki under the Creative
> Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
> (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). As with the current
> license, this means that wiki content can be reused, but only with
> proper attribution and the requirement that derivative works be
> available under a compatible license.

But it also doesn't solve the incompatibility between the Koha manual,
licensed under GPL, and the Wiki content.

Why not license the wiki content also under GPL? Then the same license
terms apply to all the software: programs, documentation, and wiki.

> Relicensing would require the consent of those who have made
> significant edits to the wiki.

Yes. Thanks for giving the details of what's needed.

> Comments on the substance of the proposal or the proposed voting
> procedure are welcome.

I'm very much in favour of moving to license terms that make managing
the whole project smoother.

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[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Ben Finney <ben+koha@...> wrote:
> But it also doesn't solve the incompatibility between the Koha manual,
> licensed under GPL, and the Wiki content.
>
> Why not license the wiki content also under GPL? Then the same license
> terms apply to all the software: programs, documentation, and wiki.

Good idea - the GPL seems to have worked OK for the manual.  MJ and I
discussed this a bit more on #koha yesterday, and MJ also suggested
either the GPL or a free-for-all.  For the sake of completeness, the
other licenses that came up in the discussion include:

CC-BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
CC0 - http://creativecommons.org/license/zero/

I now think that the GPL is the way to go.  I've updated the
relicensing page on the wiki
(http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=relicensing); are there any other
comments about the license or the voting process?

Regards,

Galen
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[Chris Cormack-6]

2009/5/8 Galen Charlton <galen.charlton@...>:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Ben Finney <ben+koha@...> wrote:
>> But it also doesn't solve the incompatibility between the Koha manual,
>> licensed under GPL, and the Wiki content.
>>
>> Why not license the wiki content also under GPL? Then the same license
>> terms apply to all the software: programs, documentation, and wiki.
>
> Good idea - the GPL seems to have worked OK for the manual.  MJ and I
> discussed this a bit more on #koha yesterday, and MJ also suggested
> either the GPL or a free-for-all.  For the sake of completeness, the
> other licenses that came up in the discussion include:
>
> CC-BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
> CC0 - http://creativecommons.org/license/zero/
>
> I now think that the GPL is the way to go.  I've updated the
> relicensing page on the wiki
> (http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=relicensing); are there any other
> comments about the license or the voting process?
>

Just a simple
me too

To the idea of the GPL

Chris


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