[Postgres-xc-general] License of Postgres-XC related documents and contents

[Koichi S. <koi...@gm...>]

As raised by Mason and commented by many members, I think it's a time
to determine how XC-related documents/contents license should be.
Here's my idea.

1. As Mason proposed, I think creative commons is suitable for XC
documents/contents (except for the code and the reference, they're
licensed under PostgreSQL license).

2. Only for non-commercial use.   For commercial use, need specific approval.

3.  Share-alike.  Can distribute the resulting work only under the
same or similar license.

4. Original Author.   I'm thinking at least "Postgres-XC development
group" should be referred as an original author in derived work.

1, 2 and 3 makes the license Attribute-NonComercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Unported (or CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).

I think you will have different idea on 4.   I'd like to collect
inputs to have our final idea.

If anybody would like to use XC documents/contents commercially, they
need to have specific approval.   I'm also thinking to establish "fund
raising group" who receives and approves commercial use, as well as
future fundraising work.   This is closed group consists of selected
XC mailing list reader.   I'd like to draft update to the charter of
the group for comments.

Any inputs to this idea is welcome.

Best Regards;
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Koichi Suzuki