Re: [myhdl-list] MyHDLClass

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

On 04/13/2011 11:05 PM, Christopher Lozinski wrote:
> Home page is massively updated.
>
> http://MyHDLClass.com
>
> That provides links to the course material, still on Chris Felton's Hg
> server.  Next I start editing the course material.
>
> We are releasing this material under a creative commons non-commercial
> license, same as MyHDL.org.

This may be the appropriate license for your purposes,
but for myhdl.org it really is a (my) mistake.

Given the evolutions, I have done some quick research.
Some comments about myhdl.org.

The original license was GDFL. If you look carefully, it
it is still there. This shows that something is wrong,
because this is not compatible with CC BY-NC-SA.
GDFL permits commercial use.

The problem is that the dokuwiki templates add the
CC BY-NC-SA license as a default, and I forgot to
remove/modify it.

Just as with MyHDL, my intention is not to prevent
commercial use. All I want to ensure is that derivative
works are licensed under the same terms, so that
everyone, include the original authors, can benefit
from the work they started.

To make matters confusing, the appropriate license is
no longer the GDFL. As the example of wikipedia has
shown, things have evolved and the GDFL is not the best
choice for wiki's. The right license is the wikipedia
one: CC BY-SA. This permits commercial use, like GDFL,
but works much better for interactive wiki's with
manycontributors.

In addition, there should be terms of use so that
contributors and users know how they should operate.
Again wikipedia can serve as an example.

I will soon take an iniative to clean this up - it
will require the approval of all contributors of
significant content.

Jan

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