[p2p-research] Wiki Content License

[Alex Rollin]

Sam, or others,
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
> My take:
>
> I think contributors to p2p wiki should agree to allow anyone to
> re-use their content for anything, provided the give attribution to
> source, and share-alike. I think that there could be a rule that "by
> contributing to p2p wiki you agree to these terms". Just my opinion
> though.
>
Which license does this best in your eyes?  I agree with you, but I
don't have much information from anyone about which license does this
best.

A
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can't remember who choose the license, I'm actually for NOT using a
>> license, for the reasons I explain here:
>> http://p2pfoundation.net/Important_notice_on_COPYRIGHT
>>
>> but intuitively, I would suspect that a license allowing commercial
>> exploitation of other people's IP would lead to even more trouble,
>>
>> but I'm happy to refer to a team of decision-makers on this issue, as I'm
>> agnostic ...
>>
>> Michel
>>
>>
>> Important notice on COPYRIGHT
>>
>> From P2P Foundation
>>
>> Jump to: navigation, search
>>
>> [edit] Fair Use Notice
>>
>> This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been
>> specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material
>> available in our efforts to advance understanding of peer to peer dynamics.
>>
>> If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your
>> own that go beyond 'fair dealing' and/or 'fair use', you must obtain
>> permission from the copyright owner.
>>
>> This means that our Creative Commons rule only applies to material that is
>> originally written for our site, and only concerns a limited amount of
>> documents.
>>
>> [edit] Some practical recommendations
>>
>> Please note there are two kinds of pages here.
>>
>> 1) The "impersonal ones", that are continuous upgrades of third party
>> material and citations, through a process called opportunistic updating,
>> which is in agreement with Fair Use or 'fair dealing' (Canada) principles.
>>
>> In such pages, it is not recommended to copy the full article, only the
>> paragraph that is relevant to the topic at hand. These original quotes
>> should not be modified, and should always be sourced. If you add any
>> comments, then such a personal voice should be stated as such. It is
>> recommended to use the talk pages first in case of disagreement.
>>
>> 2) personal project pages, where individuals describe their own concepts and
>> projects. Also in this case, respect the individual voice of the author, but
>> these pages should be clearly stated as such.
>>
>> Retrieved from "http://p2pfoundation.net/Important_notice_on_COPYRIGHT"
>> Category: Internal
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Patrick Anderson <agnucius at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Michel and all,
>>>
>>> I am concerned about the "Non-Commercial" CC license used for the
>>> content of the P2PFoundation wiki.
>>>
>>> What is the reason for this choice?
>>>
>>> "Non-Commercial" is incompatible with the goals of Free Software (any
>>> license disallowing commercial use is categorized as a non-free
>>> license) and will also become a burden to our organizing in the
>>> physical realm.
>>>
>>> Commerce has big problems now, but those issues can be repaired.
>>>
>>> We want to be able to trade and share amongst ourselves.  Does
>>> "non-commercial" allow that?
>>>
>>> What is the definition of "commercial" as mentioned here:
>>> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Patrick Anderson
>>> Social Sufficiency Coalition
>>> http://SourceFreedom.BlogSpot.com
>>>
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