From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniele Nicolodi Subject: Re: Org-mode exporters licensing Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:52:06 +0200 Message-ID: <55B62976.3090507@grinta.net> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44165) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJhsw-0000hK-Ls for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:52:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJhso-0001yl-5l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:52:02 -0400 Received: from zed.grinta.net ([109.74.203.128]:47263) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJhsn-0001yh-Vt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:51:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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: Greg Troxel Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 27/07/15 14:42, Greg Troxel wrote: > > Daniele Nicolodi writes: > >> On 27/07/15 13:52, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >>> I disagree. Licensing a tutorial with GPL is a stupid thing to do. >>> A tutorial may contain code which people naturally mimic (or even >>> copy). Such things should definitely be in PD. > > [many excellent comments. As a nit, to reuse another's work under the > GPL under a BSD license, you need more than them not to object; you > need their affirmative permission. And if much of org is assigned to > the FSF, as I believe it is, that means the FSF's permission. That's a > use of resources about something that doesn't really matter much.] > > Indeed. A major point of which Marcin seems unaware is that licensing > in a project in is more than a legal matter. The license terms are a > declaration of intent for how the code will be shared, and people > contirbute under an expectation that those norms will be followed. > > In particular, the GPL is designed to allow sharing only when the > recipients receive rights to further share (and more). In other words, > not only is the code Free Software, but any derived works (that are > distributed) will also be Free Software. With a BSD-style license, or > PD, derived works may or may not be Free. > > Regardless of licensing, you can't make a derived work from copyrighted > code and have it be PD. And as Daniele points out, new works being PD > only works in some jurisdictions (hence CC0). Very good points! I really like the "declaration of intent" pint of view. Cheers, Daniele