discuss: Documentation licensing
Subject:
Re: Documentation licensing
From:
David Merrill ####@####.####
Date:
23 May 2002 19:21:00 -0000
Message-Id: <20020523182627.GD1912@lupercalia.net>
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 11:32:13AM -0600, Chris Riddoch wrote:
> 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?
We do not yet have any legal entity, so cannot own copyright. Once we
have a legal organization set up, which we are working on, then we
will have to discuss it as a policy issue.
IMO, all we need is the doc to be under a Free license, but if the
author wants to give us copyright that would be also okay.
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