Direction of the Ubuntu system docs

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)

Thanks :)  I am not certain about the differences between the various copy-left 
licenses.  I think the BSD-style ones give the original authors recognition for 
their contributions which makes it more difficult for Weeu (=wide eyed 
end-users) whereas GPL is the other way around and gives weeu more control and 
authors lose rights to their work.  I am not certain tho and i have no idea 
about how CC licences work but they are more recent and maybe learnt a lot from 
the somewhat heated and endless arguments between the GPL vs BSD fanboys.
Regards from
Tom :)




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From: Jim Campbell <jwcampbell at gmail.com>
To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Tue, 21 December, 2010 2:52:06
Subject: Re: Direction of the Ubuntu system docs

Hi Tom,


On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

HI :)
>
>Is CC = Creative Commons?  Are people talking about moving away from a GPL 
>towards a BSD-style licence?
>Regards from
>Tom :)
>
>

No one is looking to change the documentation license. The documentation in 
Ubuntu has been licensed under a Creating Commons CC-by-SA license for some time 
now.  I'm not even sure if it was ever licensed under a different license. 


      
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