From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Klein Subject: Re: Org-mode exporters licensing Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 09:05:41 +0200 Message-ID: <20150728090541.6cb2f617@pckr150.mpip-mainz.mpg.de> References: <87io962fdz.fsf@mbork.pl> <87a8uigff8.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87a8ui2cxl.fsf@mbork.pl> <87twsqeyku.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87r3ntvmuq.fsf@mbork.pl> <55B62153.4070904@grinta.net> <87d1zdv6o2.fsf@mbork.pl> <55B6724C.4040509@grinta.net> <874mkpv4wr.fsf@mbork.pl> <55B678B3.50900@grinta.net> <873809v3l9.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49633) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJyxS-0002Lt-BS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:05:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJyxP-0006xJ-59 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:05:50 -0400 Received: from gate1.mpip-mainz.mpg.de ([194.95.63.248]:55897) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJyxO-0006wi-Rt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:05:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <873809v3l9.fsf@mbork.pl> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Marcin Borkowski Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:49:05 +0200 Marcin Borkowski wrote: > > On 2015-07-27, at 20:30, Daniele Nicolodi wrote: > > > On 27/07/15 20:20, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > >> > >> On 2015-07-27, at 20:02, Daniele Nicolodi > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On 27/07/15 19:42, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > >>>> That I've already learned. OTOH, one of the reasons to use PD > >>>> might be that I explicitly state that I object the legal system > >>>> I live in. (Mind you: I'm not an anarchist, and I'm very far > >>>> from that. But this system is almost unbearable.) > >>> > >>> This statement confirms that you do not really understand what > >>> you are talking about: as you cannot renounce your copy rights, > >>> you cannot place something in the public domain. If you do not > >>> release your work with an explicit license, the default copyright > >>> protection law applies and this means (in all jurisdictions I > >>> know about) that you reserve all rights to yourself: none can use > >>> your code, and probably not even look at it. > >> > >> I do understand (at least I think so). And I do understand that my > >> declaration of putting something in PD would be technically void. > >> I just don't care about it, if the declaration of intent is clear. > > > > If you do not care about the terms in which who receives your work > > is able to use it, why all the discussion? > > > > I thought that you were arguing that a less strict license than the > > GPL is better for the content of a possible tutorial and you were > > inquiring if you could release your code derived or inspired from > > GPL code with another license. Now you say that you do not care, or > > better you say that you do not want to give any rights to who > > receives your code. > > > > I think you are confused. > > I was unclear again, sorry. > > 1. As for my planned tutorial: I am reconciled with the idea that it > might have to be GPL'd. Though I still maintain that GPL is not an > optimal license for such work. > > 2. As for other code I might write and publish: I'm tempted to use the > Unlicense (which is basically more or less putting it into the PD), > even though it might (technically) be void. > > > Cheers, > > Daniele FWIW, what Richard Lawrence posted in the other threat sounds good. Please feel free to use my material I posted to the list (see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2015-06/msg00160.html) I mostly copied the export function in the example from org-mode, but the rest you may use as you like. Best regards Robert