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

[Christopher F. <chr...@gm...>]

Sounds like a good plan.  No objections here.

Chris Felton

On 4/30/11 2:11 AM, Jan Decaluwe wrote:
> 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
>