Re: Citizendium License (Was: [EWW] EditWikipediaWeek)

Andrew Whitworth wrote:
>> As for the dual issues...I'm just after some clarification...does
>> Wikibooks actually stop someone from putting 'This book is licensed
>> under the FDL and <insert license here>'? when putting a book on
>> Wikibooks?
> 
> No, we havent ever stopped somebody from creating a book under these
> dual-licensing schemes. Part of it was, I think, due to our own
> misunderstandings of intricacies of the various licenses. To date,
> however, there have only been a handful of books that have been
> licensed in this manner. The issue has been raised most recently
> because a contributor at Wikibooks wants to re-license a particular
> book that was created from scratch on wikibooks. Since the contributor
> himself is the only contributor to the book (or he has received
> explicit permission from all other contributors). it should be
> possible to relicense the content. What is not certain about that
> situation, however, is whether wikibooks can continue to host the book
> if the license changes (or if the book would need to be forked to a
> new host).
> 
> Dual-licensing most often when people donate books to wikibooks, and
> want them to be released under very free licenses. Because the books
> tend to be mostly complete when they are donated, they are frequently
> not edited (much) except for spelling, grammar, and formatting errors.
> There is, of course, no rule that these books cannot be edited nor
> modified more aggressively.
> 
> If we decide that the dual-licensing of these existing books is a
> problem, a template could easily be employed that says "This book is
> released under the GFDL, but a previous revision of this book is also
> cross-licensed under license X" That way, we can continue development
> as usual, but the material can be forked from a known "safe" point.
> 
> --Andrew Whitworth


I tend to get confused between real names and pseudos :-)
Does any of you go along the pseudo SBJohnny or Whiteknight ?

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