Re: [qmailadmin-devel] qmailadmin-help license

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

>>> What kind of license is used in qmailadmin-help-1.0.8.tar.gz
>>> package? Who owns the copyright?
>>>
> I was actually the one who created the help docs five years ago when I
> was the admin for a student group (the Canadian Federation of
> Engineering Student). I never really thought through copyrighting the
> files or putting any kind of license on it at the time.

In WTO member countries any computer work that somebody creates is
automatically copyrighted. See article on TRIPS in wikipedia. If there is
no license attached to that work, it is not free.

> I just packaged
> it up, and left it sitting on my server and it got pulled into
> qmailadmin when I wasn't paying attention. :-) If we feel that the docs
> need some kind of copyright and licensing I have no issues with someone
> (or myself if need be) adding that to the package. It would be great to
> see the docs updated if so no other reason than to remove the OS 9
> Internet Explorer screen shots that are almost embarrassing to look at
> now.

I want to rewrite documentation to PHP in order to provide better controls
over displayed help topics. Like ability to turn off mailing list topics,
change org logo and webmail links. I want to use existing documents
instead of starting from the scratch.

In my country any work that employee creates for employer is owned by 
employer. Could you confirm that documentation can be used under GPL or
give me contacts of people who can confirm it.

-- 
Tomas