bug#58856: Non-free license CC-BY-ND on GNU ELPA web pages

bug#58856: Non-free license CC-BY-ND on GNU ELPA web pages

[Stefan Kangas]

On the GNU ELPA/NonGNU ELPA web pages, we are currently using the
Creative Commons Noderivatives 4.0 license.  This license is in the
footer on all HTML pages on elpa.gnu.org and elpa.nongnu.org, for
example here:

    https://elpa.gnu.org/

However, this license is non-free according to the FSF.[1]

How about changing these web pages to the free (and copyleft),
Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license instead? [2]

Footnotes:
[1]  https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#CC-BY-ND

[2]  https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ccbysa

bug#58856: Non-free license CC-BY-ND on GNU ELPA web pages

[Richard Stallman]

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  > On the GNU ELPA/NonGNU ELPA web pages, we are currently using the
  > Creative Commons Noderivatives 4.0 license.  This license is in the
  > footer on all HTML pages on elpa.gnu.org and elpa.nongnu.org, for
  > example here:

  >     https://elpa.gnu.org/

  > However, this license is non-free according to the FSF.[1]

Whether that is a problem depends on what sort of material is in those
pages.

In the GNU Project we use CC-BY-ND for publications that
state our views.  Most articles on www.gnu.org carry CC-BY-ND.

However, for documentation of software, we use free licenses.

Which of those categories do these pages fall in?  (Or are theh in
neither one?)  That is the crucial question here.  If these pages are
software documentation -- that includes brief descriptions of packages
-- then it should have a free license.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)

bug#58856: Non-free license CC-BY-ND on GNU ELPA web pages

[Stefan Kangas]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> In the GNU Project we use CC-BY-ND for publications that
> state our views.  Most articles on www.gnu.org carry CC-BY-ND.
>
> However, for documentation of software, we use free licenses.
>
> Which of those categories do these pages fall in?  (Or are theh in
> neither one?)  That is the crucial question here.  If these pages are
> software documentation -- that includes brief descriptions of packages
> -- then it should have a free license.

It is software documentation, yes.  Thanks for confirming.  So I
installed the below change in the elpa-admin repository.

Stefan M, could you please update the static web pages too?

diff --git a/elpa-admin.el b/elpa-admin.el
index f8f8fcabb6..c804612516 100644
--- a/elpa-admin.el
+++ b/elpa-admin.el
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ readme file has an unconventional name"
                 <p>Design provided by <a
href=\"https://nicolas.petton.fr\">Nicolas Petton</a></p>
                 <p>
                   This website is licensed under the
-                  <a
href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/\">CC BY-ND
4.0</a>
+                  <a
href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/\">CC BY-SA
4.0</a>
                   International License.
                 </p>
                 <p><a href=\"/jslicense.html\"
data-jslicense=\"1\">JavaScript Licenses</a></p>

bug#58856: Non-free license CC-BY-ND on GNU ELPA web pages

[Richard Stallman]

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

  > > Which of those categories do these pages fall in?  (Or are theh in
  > > neither one?)  That is the crucial question here.  If these pages are
  > > software documentation -- that includes brief descriptions of packages
  > > -- then it should have a free license.

  > It is software documentation, yes.  Thanks for confirming.  So I
  > installed the below change in the elpa-admin repository.

Thanks for bringing it up.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)

bug#58856: Non-free license CC-BY-ND on GNU ELPA web pages

[Stefan Kangas]

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> Stefan M, could you please update the static web pages too?

Just a ping, in case you missed this.  Should be a quick fix.

bug#58856: Non-free license CC-BY-ND on GNU ELPA web pages

[Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

Stefan Kangas [2022-11-12 12:45:55] wrote:
> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
>> Stefan M, could you please update the static web pages too?
> Just a ping, in case you missed this.  Should be a quick fix.

Done, thanks,


        Stefan

bug#58856: Non-free license CC-BY-ND on GNU ELPA web pages

[Stefan Kangas]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Stefan Kangas [2022-11-12 12:45:55] wrote:
>> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Stefan M, could you please update the static web pages too?
>> Just a ping, in case you missed this.  Should be a quick fix.
>
> Done, thanks,

Thanks, bug closed.