[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Evergreen documentation

Chris Cormack chris at bigballofwax.co.nz
Thu Nov 3 18:05:32 EDT 2011


On 4 November 2011 10:56, Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hmm playing devils advocate, do you think they will respect the NC
>> clause any more than they respected by BY-SA ?
>>
>
> That's a point that was raised, and I think that the point has merit
> -- some that would avoid attributing a BY-SA work won't respect NC --
> but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't state our intentions and
> desires explicitly.  The analogy that comes to mind is leaving your
> front door unlocked and open when you go on vacation.  The door being
> open doesn't excuse burglars from coming in and taking your TV, but
> you bear some responsibility for not taking common-sense steps to
> avoid the theft.
>
Right, so to be totally clear, the NC is there to explicitly restrict
commercial (as fuzzy as that is) use without your prior permission,
and the issue is not at all to do with lack of attribution?

Chris


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