[Bf-docboard] Script Licensing

[Juho Vepsäläinen]

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.
>
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> Hi,
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> 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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