[e-lang] Wiki Software

[James Graves]

Lex Spoon wrote:

> James Graves <ansible at xnet.com> writes:
> > Also, there is a license blurb for the contents of the wiki at the 
> > bottom of each page.  I selected the GNU FDL because I had to pick 
> > something.  However, there are other options like Creative Commons.
> 
> Be aware that GFDL has real problems, e.g. being incompatible even
> with the other GNU licenses.  I don't know much about the Creative
> Commons licenses.  Here is something that came out of Debian regarding
> GFDL:

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OK, I remember now.  There are significant issues with the GFDL, and I
don't recommend it either.

As an aside, it is funny to see the Debian folks out-GNU GNU itself.

> I always wonder when license discussions come up, why not put
> something like, "This content is hereby in the public domain.  It may
> be reused for any purpose."  If you want to give it away, then give it
> away.

Again, taking the Haskell wiki as a guide, here is what they use.  From
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/HaskellWiki:Copyrights , this is
their "simple, permissive license":

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
    obtaining this work (the "Work"), to deal in the Work without
    restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
    modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
    of the Work, and to permit persons to whom the Work is furnished to
    do so.

    THE WORK IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
    OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
    NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
    BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
    ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
    CONNECTION WITH THE WORK OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE WORK. 

But, obviously, we need some serious input from the main authors of
content on erights.org as to what they want.

James