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

[Koichi S. <ko...@in...>]

Mason is proposing that it's better to license XC contents commercially as well.

I'd like to have ideas from others.

Regards;
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Koichi Suzuki

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:41:26 -0400
Mason Sharp <ma...@st...> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:34 AM, Koichi Suzuki
> <koi...@gm...> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> You referred to XC-related documents. Do you mean the official
> Postgres-XC documentation? I think the documentation should have the
> same license as whatever the software is.  Think of PostgreSQL itself.
> It would seem a bit odd if the PostgreSQL documentation had a
> different license than PostgreSQL. Other commercial software might be
> reluctant to use PostgreSQL as its database if they had to rewrite the
> documentation. I think a liberal license was chosen by the PostgreSQL
> folks in part to increase adoption.
> 
> >
> > 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).
> 
> Just curious, what is the concern if used commercially?  Let's say I
> offer training for a fee, so companies can be assured that XC will be
> professionally supported with professional services and training. If
> any presentations are credited to the Postgres-XC Development Group,
> who are the members of the development group and who makes the final
> decision in terms of granting permission to use the material?  I think
> the various PostgreSQL companies that offer training all probably have
> some overlap of materials gained from the community.  As one of the
> original architects of Postgres-XC, and I would want to try and be
> part of any decision making process. Maybe a solution is if a company
> does not want a presentation to be modified for some reason they
> should write it under their company or as an individual and not within
> the Postgres-XC Development Group. In contrast, if any material is
> credited to the Postgres-XC Development Group, it should be allowed to
> be used liberally, even for commercial use, since the other body of
> work (the source code) is BSD-like (The PostgreSQL License). If NTT
> Data wants their presentations under a Creative Commons non-commercial
> license, then they can retain the copyright, and not credit the
> Postgres-XC Development Group.

Hmmm... I understand the case.   Do you think it's better to allow commercial license?

Like to have ideas from others too.
---
Koichi

> 
> 
> >
> > 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;
> > ----------
> > Koichi Suzuki
> >
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