[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Licensing for Evergreen Documentation - Call for Input

[Karen Schneider]

The Fedora Project is using Creative Commons licensing for its documentation
(as do Wikipedia and the Gnome project). See:
http://lwn.net/Articles/355546/

Cheers,

-- Karen G. Schneider

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Karen Collier <kcollier at kent.lib.md.us>wrote:

> As you may already be aware, the Evergreen Documentation Interest Group is
> working toward creating a set of "Official" community driven documentation
> for Evergreen, using the DocBook standard to produce both HTML and PDF
> versions, as well as distributing DocBook XML files for customization
> purposes.
>
> We've been discussing licensing issues for this documentation effort, but
> wanted to get input on this important issue from the larger Evergreen
> community.  Specifically, we're trying to decide which license or licenses
> to apply to our documentation efforts.  It seems the general feeling is that
> we'd like a copyleft license, but which one remains to be determined.
>
> The candidates we've considered include Creative Commons Share-Alike
> (CCSA), GNU Free Documentation License (FDL), and the GNU General Public
> License (GPL).  We've heard from various sources that the CCSA and the FDL
> are not compatible with the GPL (under which the Evergreen Software is
> licensed), which would seem to make them unusable for our purposes.  Do you
> agree or disagree with this conclusion?
>
> The GNU GPL would seem to be compatible with itself, but it's my
> understanding that it is intended for use with software, not documentation.
>  But perhaps it could be used for our documentation anyway?
>
> So... thoughts from the community?  What licenses do other open source
> projects you know of use for their documentation?  What license(s) do you
> think we should license Evergreen documentation under, and why?
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Karen Collier
> Evergreen Documentation Interest Group Co-Facilitator
>
> --
> Karen Collier
> Public Services Librarian
> Kent County Public Library
> 408 High Street
> Chestertown, MD 21620
> 410-778-3636
>
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