[Evergreen-documentation] Update on licensing question

[Deborah Luchenbill]

Thank you for getting all these details, Andrea and Galen! Given this
information, I'd be in favor of option #1, as well. (I can't imagine having
to track down every single person who has contributed to docs over the
years!)

Best,
Debbie

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On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 1:00 PM Andrea Buntz Neiman via
Evergreen-documentation <evergreen-documentation at list.evergreen-ils.org>
wrote:

> Hi DIG,
>
> At the last meeting I brought up
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1831672 and the consensus was
> that we wanted a 4.0 license on our docs.
>
> Galen and I looked at this carefully while prepping for TEP Board next
> week, and it turns out it's complicated.
>
> To summarize the current licensing statements / icons in docs:
>
>    - New Docs (3.6 and later)
>       - No per-page licensing statement, icon, or links
>       - Licensing page verbiage, links, and CC icon all refer to 3.0:
>       https://docs.evergreen-ils.org/docs/latest/shared/licensing.html
>    - Old Docs (3.5 and earlier)
>    - No per-page licensing statement, however there is a CC icon that
>       links to a 4.0 license
>       - Licensing page verbiage & links refer to 3.0:
>       https://olddocs.evergreen-ils.org/docs/3.5/licensing.html
>
> Galen and I concluded that the per-page icon in the old docs is likely in
> error, and furthermore, to upgrade all docs from 3.0 to 4.0 will be quite
> the undertaking.
>
>
> https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/7430/can-i-upgrade-the-version-of-cc-by-sa-from-3-0-to-4-0-in-my-modification
>
> https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/4.0_upgrade_guidelines
>
> In particular, "If the contributor, then can license new contributions to
> an adaptation under 4.0 but *original contributions remain under prior
> version unless express permission to upgrade is obtained*." (emphasis
> added)
>
> So that means we have the following options:
>
> 1) Continue to license under 3.0, and correct the apparent error in the
> old docs footer
> 2) Port all old content to 4.0 which means getting permission to upgrade
> from every copyright holder, which means every.single.person who
> contributed to the docs.
> 3) Request TEP Board to allow us to license all new content under 4.0,
> which will mean managing multiple licenses and might be an even bigger pain
> to untangle given the myraid ways docs are updated.
>
> Anyway, I am in favor of option #1 but I'm interested in what the rest of
> DIG things.
>
> ABN
>
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