discuss: Documentation licensing
Subject:
Documentation licensing
From:
Chris Riddoch ####@####.####
Date:
23 May 2002 17:29:11 -0000
Message-Id: <87k7pulqhu.fsf@peakpeak.com>
Hi, everyone.
After briefly skimming the recent threads on document licensing
issues, a general issue comes to mind.
I'm sure someone has a simple answer that demonstrates the needs met
by the current system rather than another, but why exactly are the
copyrights of HOWTOs and other documents not simply signed over to the
LDP?
The LDP could make modifications to documents where the original
author has disappeared (a frequent issue, it seems) and could have its
own policy for the republishing of documents which would be consistent
for everything in the LDP. The Debian issue could have been solved
quickly and easily. Alternatively, could LDP documents fall under
work-for-hire doctrine?
In short, is this at all a valid answer to to these problems? No
flames, please. It's just a question.
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Chris Riddoch | epistemological
####@####.#### | humility
