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Bug 212021 - Consider switching to Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0
Summary: Consider switching to Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New Documentation (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Board of Trustees
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Reported: 2008-03-01 21:45 UTC by Jan Hendrik Grahl (RETIRED)
Modified: 2008-05-18 22:13 UTC (History)
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Description Jan Hendrik Grahl (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-03-01 21:45:41 UTC
We are currently using CC BY-SA 2.5 on many documents, on some even still 2.0 and 1.0. We should consider switching to the current 3.0 version.

This update splits the generic version into a US version and an unported version. It would be helpful to clearly define the preferred one. This clarification might also include whether a developer should be using a ported version other than US if he or she is in a different jurisdiction.

More info on the changes can be found here: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7249

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-03-02 08:42:18 UTC
The unported version is probably our best option, I guess.

Trustees' first assignment :)
FYI, the <license/> tag in GuideXML currently applies cc-by-sa 2.5
Comment 2 Jan Kundrát (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-03-02 10:23:39 UTC
I'd like to mention that unlike the ebuilds in the tree, there's no "copyright assignment" in the documentation team. That could mean that we can't simply "relicense" our work under a new version of this license.
Comment 3 Łukasz Damentko (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-03-02 10:37:39 UTC
They are both compatible. And you can move to a compatible license without any problems. CC-SA permits that.
Comment 4 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-04-04 17:07:15 UTC
Maybe you could discuss this on your upcoming meeting Sunday, April 20 at 1900 UTC ?
Comment 5 William L. Thomson Jr. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-05-18 19:51:23 UTC
We can't go back and re-license past works to a newer license. Thus all we can do is require that CC-SA 3.0 be required for any new works. Once our docs are updated stating that we require CC-SA 3.0 for all new works. We can close this bug.

ATM not sure what docs need to be updated, so please comment if you know here. And/or go ahead and update said document/policy to require CC-SA 3.0 for all new works.
Comment 6 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-05-18 22:13:15 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> We can't go back and re-license past works to a newer license. Thus all we can
> do is require that CC-SA 3.0 be required for any new works. Once our docs are
> updated stating that we require CC-SA 3.0 for all new works. We can close this
> bug.

Funny, we did that in the past.

> ATM not sure what docs need to be updated, so please comment if you know here.
> And/or go ahead and update said document/policy to require CC-SA 3.0 for all
> new works.

In that case, we're stuck with what we've got.

<license/> applies to all past, present and future docs. 2.5 it remains.