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
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
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.
They are both compatible. And you can move to a compatible license without any problems. CC-SA permits that.
Maybe you could discuss this on your upcoming meeting Sunday, April 20 at 1900 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.
(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.
