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

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

On 04/30/2011 03:49 PM, Christopher Felton wrote:
> Sounds like a good plan.  No objections here.

Thanks, Chris.

>
> 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
>>
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