Well, there's the matter of whether the ZPL is even legally applicable to documentation instead of software and also in what jurisdictions.<br>ZPL 2.1 mentions source code, binaries, products, files... a not what I'd call documentation.<br>
<br>>+1 for the ZPL, as it matches the software, *and* fits under the IP<br>>policy of the Zope Foundation, which is responsible for the hosting of<br><a href="http://grok.zope.org/" target="_blank">>grok.zope.org</a>.<br>
<br> When I host my documents under a microsoft service do I have to license them according to microsoft IP policy? <br>You could go all the way and force people to pass their copyright to the Zope Foundation too, why don't you propose that? It would certainly make things easier for the project.<br>
<br>Alas I was under the impression that <a href="http://grok.zope.org">grok.zope.org</a> now redirects to the quintagroup hosting, not zope hosting.<br><br>I'll be open to hear the benefits of using the ZPL for documentation. <br>
If my documentation isn't welcome with whatever license I<br>choose at the end of the process, then go ahead and take it down I have no problem with that.<br><br>Whether I'd bother to host it somewhere else is debatable though.<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 30, 2008 1:34 PM, Tres Seaver <<a href="mailto:tseaver@palladion.com">tseaver@palladion.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA1<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>daniel wrote:<br>> Giving the authors of documentation a choice of licensing is a pretty good<br>> incentive to contribute. I'm not sure what the reason is to force new<br>
> contributions under a ZPL software license or even a GFD license.<br><br></div>I don't know why anybody who wants to contribute to Grok would have a<br>problem with any reasaonably open / free license: I think picking *one*<br>
such license for the site's content would be best. Folks who want to<br>put their content under another license can host it elsewhere, and just<br>make a link.<br><br>+1 for the ZPL, as it matches the software, *and* fits under the IP<br>
policy of the Zope Foundation, which is responsible for the hosting of<br><a href="http://grok.zope.org" target="_blank">grok.zope.org</a>.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> I think creative commons is a great idea since they specialize in all types<br>
> of documents and range from very permissive to non-commercial share-alike.<br>> Creative commons licenses as well as being for documents proper are also<br></div>> easy to select <<a href="http://creativecommons.org/license/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/license/</a>> and comprehend because<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> they typically include an easy to understand non-legal-jargon<br></div>> description<<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/</a>>with<br>
> links to the legal<br>> code <<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/legalcode" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/legalcode</a>>.<br><div class="Ih2E3d">
> Another possible benefit is that Creative Commons licenses can be customized<br>> by country easily while being selected. You can choose a USA version or a<br>> Brazil version or any other of their many options.<br>
<br><br><br></div>Tres.<br>- --<br>===================================================================<br>Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 <a href="mailto:tseaver@palladion.com">tseaver@palladion.com</a><br>Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" <a href="http://palladion.com" target="_blank">http://palladion.com</a><br>
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