[p2p-research] Wiki Content License

Sat Jun 26 11:33:43 CEST 2010

Hi Alex,

I would appreciate if you could, based on the input of others, make a
decision on this,

if sam and patrick can agree, then we have a way forward,

Michel

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <http://sourcefreedom.blogspot.com/>
> >>>
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