Re: New wiki system: copyright
John Sullivan <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.hurd.web.devel |
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Thomas Schwinge <[email protected]> writes: > Hello! > > Thanks for your input! See below for my comments. > > > On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:57:01PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: >> > | The Free Software | Foundation promises to always use either a >> > verbatim copying license or a free | documentation license when >> > publishing your contribution. >> >> Why the verbatim copying option? >> >> Since this wiki is for documentation, that option should not be >> included. > > Okay, I have no objections against removing that. I had originally > gotten this text as-is from the GNU-hosted GPLv3 wiki, see, for example, > the footer at <http://gplv3.fsf.org/wiki/>: ``[...] By contributing to > any page on this wiki, you agree to assign copyright for your > contribution to the Free Software Foundation. The Free Software > Foundation promises to always use either a verbatim copying license or a > free documentation license when publishing your contribution. [...]'' > It was on the GPLv3 wiki because that wiki included some works of opinion and philosophy -- it wasn't focused on software documentation. -- John Sullivan Campaigns Manager | Phone: (617)542-5942 x23 | http://badvista.org 51 Franklin Street, 5th Fl. | Fax: (617)542-2652 | http://www.gnu.org Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA | GPG: AE8600B6 | http://www.fsf.org