[Bf-docboard] Blenderwiki - script licensing problem

[joe]

Well, I suppose we could add an exception for scripts to our copyright page.
. .currently, iirc everything on the wiki should be open content under what
it says now.

Joe

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Juho Vepsäläinen <bebraw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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