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From: Alexander Berntsen <alexander@××××××.net>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-project@l.g.o, licenses@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Modified GLEP 2
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:34:40
Message-Id: 52B052E9.30606@plaimi.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Modified GLEP 2 by Ulrich Mueller
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4 On 17/12/13 14:07, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
5 > While I agree with you about both reasons, I disagree about what we
6 > should do about it. IMHO, changing the license of the existing
7 > GLEPs that are marked public domain is not worth the effort.
8 There must be some sort of effort that I do not understand. It seems
9 quite simple to me. Could you elaborate?
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11 > For future GLEPs, we could recommend CC0 instead of public domain,
12 > which would solve the problem of definitions differing from
13 > country to country, without imposing any additional restrictions on
14 > reusing the document.
15 SA is not a restriction. Quite the opposite. It makes sure the
16 document always remains free, and that no one may impose restrictions
17 on it by making a derivative with restrictions. However, considering
18 the specific as well as trivial nature of GLEPs, I think that CC0 is
19 fine as well.
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22 Alexander
23 alexander@××××××.net
24 http://plaimi.net/~alexander
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Re: [gentoo-project] Modified GLEP 2 Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>