Re: [Openeeg-list] More on licences

[Joerg H. <in...@jh...>]

Hi,

Jim Peters wrote:

> Okay, a little more on the documentation licence situation.
> Debian-legal have a few objections to the 2.0 version of the Creative
> Commons Attribution-Sharealike licence:
> 
>   http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/07/msg01193.html
> 
> In other words they are still debugging it, but I think Creative
> Commons will get there in the end.
> 
> I've created a new page for the web-site (just on a working copy of
> the site for the moment) clarifying things a little, I hope:
> 
>   http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/wrk/doc/licence.html
> 
> Does anyone have any objections to what I'm attempting to do here?

For me it is OK.

> Really I'm trying to codify the informal basis on which we've been
> working previously.  Trying to be legally correct is a minor
> nightmare, but hopefully this will work.  You might wonder why I am
> bothering, but it could save a whole load of potential complications
> later on.

I fully agree.

> If no-one objects to this approach (or has any better ideas), I will
> check this modification into CVS and release it to the live site.

Just to make sure:

All documentation, schematics and pcb layouts will have the CC license and all 
software/firmware also?
Or does the software still have the GNU license?


Regards,

	Joerg