[myhdl-list] Proposal to change license of wwww.myhdl.org

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

Currently, content on the www.myhdl.org is licensed under
the GFDL (Gnu Free Documentation License).

The intent is that any content can be freely re-used
and modified, including for commercial purposes, provided
that any derived work is licensed under the same conditions.

The GFDL was originally created for software documentation
texts with a few authors. In practice, it is very hard if
not impossible to comply with its requirements for on-line
resources with many authors, such as wiki's. For these
reasons, major projects like wikipedia have moved from
the GFDL to the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
license (CC BY-SA).

The CC BY-SA implements the same intent as the GFDL, but
in a way better suited to online resources with many.
contributors. For example, it makes it possible to
attribute the work by simply including an URL to the
original content. The CC BY-SA is becoming the de facto
standard for this type of resources, making it easier to
create derived works by combining content from different
sources.

For more information and details, see:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update/Questions_and_Answers

In light of the above, I am proposing to change the license
for www.myhdl.org to CC BY-SA. Upfront, I cannot see a reason why
any contributor would object to this: as said, it implements the
same intent as the GFDL in a way that is workable in practice.
Therefore, I am essentially looking for a consensus.

I have prepared a draft Terms of Use that explains how www.myhdl.org
would have to be used with the proposed license, based on the
corresponding text from wikipedia:

http://www.myhdl.org/doku.php/terms_of_use

I will wait a few days to see if there are any major or
fundemental objections. I will treat absence of feedback
as silent agreement, but I will not go ahead if there
are major contributors who disagree.

Jan

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