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Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing
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Daniele Nicolodi |
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Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing |
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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:52:06 +0200 |
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On 27/07/15 14:42, Greg Troxel wrote:
>
> Daniele Nicolodi <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On 27/07/15 13:52, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>>> I disagree. Licensing a tutorial with GPL is a stupid thing to do.
>>> A tutorial may contain code which people naturally mimic (or even
>>> copy). Such things should definitely be in PD.
>
> [many excellent comments. As a nit, to reuse another's work under the
> GPL under a BSD license, you need more than them not to object; you
> need their affirmative permission. And if much of org is assigned to
> the FSF, as I believe it is, that means the FSF's permission. That's a
> use of resources about something that doesn't really matter much.]
>
> Indeed. A major point of which Marcin seems unaware is that licensing
> in a project in is more than a legal matter. The license terms are a
> declaration of intent for how the code will be shared, and people
> contirbute under an expectation that those norms will be followed.
>
> In particular, the GPL is designed to allow sharing only when the
> recipients receive rights to further share (and more). In other words,
> not only is the code Free Software, but any derived works (that are
> distributed) will also be Free Software. With a BSD-style license, or
> PD, derived works may or may not be Free.
>
> Regardless of licensing, you can't make a derived work from copyrighted
> code and have it be PD. And as Daniele points out, new works being PD
> only works in some jurisdictions (hence CC0).
Very good points!
I really like the "declaration of intent" pint of view.
Cheers,
Daniele
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, (continued)
Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Eric S Fraga, 2015/07/27
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/07/27
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Eric S Fraga, 2015/07/27
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/07/27
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Daniele Nicolodi, 2015/07/27
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Greg Troxel, 2015/07/27
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing,
Daniele Nicolodi <=
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/07/27
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/07/27
Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/07/27
Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Daniele Nicolodi, 2015/07/27
Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/07/27
Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Daniele Nicolodi, 2015/07/27
Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/07/27
Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Robert Klein, 2015/07/28
Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing, Oleh Krehel, 2015/07/27