From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Troxel Subject: Re: Org-mode exporters licensing Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:42:03 -0400 Message-ID: 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: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41783) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJhjQ-0005gP-Vy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:42:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJhjM-0005Pm-9e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:42:12 -0400 Received: from fnord.ir.bbn.com ([192.1.100.210]:60251) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJhjM-0005Pi-4Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:42:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <55B62153.4070904@grinta.net> (Daniele Nicolodi's message of "Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:17:23 +0200") 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: Daniele Nicolodi Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain 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). --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlW2JxsACgkQ+vesoDJhHiW1WgCfSG7zcDVMgRhkF/+PpUpxWMh0 D0QAoK1eepLDRnYf6VU+CHkunksafWC8 =PO1T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--