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Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing
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Marcin Borkowski |
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Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing |
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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:45:36 +0200 |
On 2015-07-27, at 14:52, Daniele Nicolodi <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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!
Indeed!
> I really like the "declaration of intent" pint of view.
And I do not. I suspect that many authors don't care, and use GPL (or
BSD, or other license) just so that they don't have to write a license
themselves. Of course, this is only my suspicion, and I might be
totally wrong.
> Cheers,
> Daniele
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
- 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, 2015/07/27
- Re: [O] Org-mode exporters licensing,
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- 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
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