From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from li19-45.members.linode.com ([64.22.125.45] helo=wiki.koala.it) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvSES-0000rA-BT for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:23:04 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wiki.koala.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05FE521A90 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:19:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wiki.koala.it ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wiki.koala.it [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id l+E2XBGVCFMz for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:19:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.2] (host61-87-static.14-79-b.business.telecomitalia.it [79.14.87.61]) by wiki.koala.it (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 61E0F1BB6C for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:19:25 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4BADCDB7.4050807@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:19:51 +0100 From: Marco Cavallini Organization: KOAN sas - Bergamo - Italia User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <1269615592.2305.12.camel@gnutoo-desktop> In-Reply-To: <1269615592.2305.12.camel@gnutoo-desktop> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 64.22.125.45 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: koansoftware@gmail.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: openembedded's Wiki license X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:23:05 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GNUtoo ha scritto, Il 26/03/2010 15:59: > Hi, > I noticed that buglabs wiki had no license, > Then buglabs people fixed it(adding a license to it),but they noticed > that openembedded's wiki was in the same situation. >=20 > Why do we need a license? > Simply because by default copyright law don't allow modification or > copying of a work.So if some people modify the wiki,they may be > infringing the copyright of the previous author. >=20 > Only the previous author can exercise his right(only the copyright owne= r > can sue someone) >=20 > That could be a problem,and it would be safer to add a license for > future contribution,to prevent occurrences of such issues >=20 > Note that it would be difficult to ask permission to all the > contributors of the wiki for changing the copyright of their work. >=20 > I'm open to every free license for my small contributions(from > non-copyleft licenses to copyleft ones) >=20 > Denis. Good point to raise this issue, thanks. I vote for a license Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 BY-SA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Cordiali Saluti / Kindest Regards / mit freundlichen Gr=C3=BCssen -- Marco Cavallini | KOAN sas | Bergamo - Italia embedded and real-time software engineering Phone:+39-035-255.235 - Fax:+39-178-22.39.748 http://www.KoanSoftware.com