Bug 212021 – Consider switching to Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0

• Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
• Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX

[Description Jan Hendrik Grahl (RETIRED) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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.