[Bf-docboard] Copyright issues on new pages

[Matt Ebb]

On 11/07/2006, at 10:53 AM, Joe Eagar wrote:

> Um.  I must not being clear here.  The reason why I worry is that  
> someday there may be another print of the manual, and it'd be  
> terrible if a bunch of wiki stuff had to be thrown out because the  
> authors couldn't be found and they didn't explicitly put their work  
> under Open Content.
> I don't worry about the *wiki* having copyright problems, I worry  
> about the headaches that might arise if the manual has no clear  
> licensing *and the BF wants to print another edition of it*.  As I  
> understand it, no publisher will print something that has parts  
> with unclear licensing.

Right, it was I who was unclear, I was mainly replying to Alistair,  
your points definitely still stand.

It would be a good idea to change the copyright notice text when  
posting to something that includes or links to the policy on the open  
content license.

cheers

Matt