Re: [Sheflug] Sheflug - Wiki

[Alan Dawson <aland [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting Alex Hudson <home [at] alexhudson.com>:

> > there perhaps should be a default license on the wiki.
> 
> A 'default licence' makes absolutely no difference - the only person who
> is able to grant a licence is the author. Having a EULA-style "this
> licence applies if you click the button" or something is meaningless.

What of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights

"That is to say, Wikipedia content can be copied, modified, and redistributed
so
long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the
authors of the Wikipedia article used (a direct link back to the article
satisfies our author credit requirement). Wikipedia articles therefore will
remain free forever and can be used by anybody subject to certain restrictions,
most of which serve to ensure that freedom."

All Wikipedia content is GFDL.  Simple.

or from 

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/LinuxQuestions.org_Wiki:Copyrights

"Please remember that all articles in the LinuxQuestions.org Wiki are submitted
and made available under a Creative Commons copyright."

> I'm not sure what you mean about public domain information "flow[ing]
> into a GPL pool" - information that is public domain stays public
> domain, period. (Think hard about this if you're going to argue ;)
> 

I shall attempt to clarify my muddled thoughts here.

After reading http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/

I can use code that is in the public domain and then can redistribute and
modify
that code in any way I wish without having to make the resultant program public
domain, .  I can release that modified program and modified code under the GPL
if i wish.  In which case that new code and program will always be GPL and
available to modified and redistributed.

If the code starts GPL it cannot be taken and evolve into the public domain, nor
can it then be modified into non free software.

Wikis are great fun though and foster a whole ecology of roles around them

http://develop.consumerium.org/wiki/index.php/GodKing
http://develop.consumerium.org/wiki/index.php/Troll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_gnome

etc..

I would suggest though that not explictly licensing the wiki may discourage
people from participating.

AED
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