[Bf-docboard] Script Licensing

[joe]

Erm not sure.  I'm the one who got OCL as the wiki license in the first
place, I just poked some wiki admins until a consensus was reached.

Joe

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Juho Vepsäläinen <bebraw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Who has the authority to add such an exception? It would be a shame if
> the wiki could contain only scripts licensed under OCL.
>
> Sincerely,
> Juho "BeBraw" Vepsäläinen
>
> 2008/6/5 joe <joeedh at gmail.com>:
> > Erm. . .not sure if this is technically correct, like I said before the
> > copyright page in the wiki *does* have open content in it.  And by
> default
> > it should apply to every page in the wiki, unless someone added an
> exception
> > for scripts.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Juho Vepsäläinen <bebraw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Thank you Roger. I clarified the licensing terms at
> >> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Resources/PyNode_Cookbook .
> >> Hopefully it is fine now. Feel free to tweak it as you see necessary.
> >> :)
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Juho "BeBraw" Vepsäläinen
> >>
> >> 2008/6/4 Roger Wickes <rogerwickes at yahoo.com>:
> >> > Scripts that are posted and given to the public domain in an
> >> > unrestricted
> >> > fashion, should NOT bear any copyright or other license/ownership
> title,
> >> > like the color ones. They just start off with import Blender. That is
> >> > easiest. anyone can use that fragment/code any way they want.
> >> >
> >> > If the author wants credit or wants to give credit to people who
> helped
> >> > them, they can say "thanks go out to Roger (PapaSmurf) and Campbell
> >> > (IdeasMan42) for this awesome script." in a comment in the header or
> >> > wherever in the code the help was given.
> >> >
> >> > If the author wishes some control over the future use of the script,
> >> > that is
> >> > when they want to say
> >> >
> >> > Copyright (c) 2008 Roger D. Wickes, PO Box 680310, Marietta, GA 30068.
> >> > All
> >> > rights reserved worldwide. Use or modification of this script is
> subject
> >> > to
> >> > its license. This script is licensed under the Creative Commons with
> >> > Attribution license, a copy of which can be found <here>. By
> downloading
> >> > or
> >> > using this script, the user agrees to the full terms of the license
> >> > without
> >> > modification.
> >> >
> >> > The author must decide which license to use, and should NOT attempt to
> >> > write
> >> > their own - it would be worthless in a court of law. Use any of the
> GNU
> >> > or
> >> > CC licenses. If you own something, you may be liable for it as well,
> so
> >> > be
> >> > careful when copyrighting software, and be sure to use an airtight
> >> > license.
> >> >
> >> > ----------------
> >> > Sent by Roger Wickes for intended recipient. If you are not the
> intended
> >> > recipient, please delete this message and contact Mr. Wickes
> >> > immediately.
> >> >
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> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I added a simple script cookbook to the wiki. See
> >> > http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Resources/PyNode_Cookbook . Does
> >> > anyone know if the scripts added directly to the wiki are
> >> > automatically bound to Open Content License? I mean is it possible to
> >> > use any other license for a script should it be provided directly at
> >> > the wiki? It might be nice if the script authors could choose the
> >> > license (GPL., BAL, OCL) (see
> >> > http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta/Licenses for more information)
> >> > they like.
> >> >
> >> > In my opinion it would be great if the script author could include
> >> > something like "(C) *Year* *script author name* - released under My
> >> > Awesome License - www.linktomylicense.org" at the beginning of the
> >> > script instead of providing whole license as it takes a lot of space.
> >> >
> >> > I am not a licensing expert so that's why I am asking you. If anyone
> >> > has any sort idea regarding the issue, please let me know. This will
> >> > help the cookbook to evolve further and hopefully to gain some
> >> > popularity amongst the users. So far PyNodes have been pretty minor
> >> > feature but it would be great to see that changed.
> >> >
> >> > Sincerely
> >> > Juho "BeBraw" Vepsäläinen
> >> >
> >> >
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