discuss: database and developer.linuxdoc.org
Subject:
Re: database and developer.linuxdoc.org
From:
"Anthony E. Greene" ####@####.####
Date:
30 Jul 2001 23:26:17 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0107301914150.10139-100000@cp5340.localdomain>
On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, David Merrill wrote:
>Look at the document list, select the checkboxes that control which
>fields display so you can see the license, and in the sort combobox
>select license. Then open each document that has no license recorded,
>and record its license type (from the combobox). If in doubt, use
>OTHER.
I looked at the LDAP Linux HOWTO and see that it's license is essentially
the LDPL with Option B (freely redistributable, but no modifications
without author consent). If I get the author to explicitly agree to LDPL
Option B, should the database record say "LDPL" or "Other"?
Do we want values that reflect the options used or should the database
just represent the basic license type? The latter would make the database
less useful because you'd still have to read the document to see what
exact restrictions, if any, were applied. I recommend that if there are
formal, explicit options to the license, as there are with the LDPL, that
the database interface reflect those options as choices in the drop-down
box for the license field.
Tony
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