[wsfii-discuss] batman license

Sun Nov 4 14:46:59 UTC 2007

On Sonntag 04 November 2007, Alexander Morlang wrote:
> Rob Dyke schrieb:
> > Different licenses for different parts of the puzzle? I see a
> > conflict here. Commercial actors may have the tools (code) but not
> > the knowledge (documentation) necessary to make them work. Perhaps
> > releasing the code as text (under CC by-na-ca) rather than as code
> > (under GPL) would bring about harmony of intention and the
> > non-commercial restriction desired. Else GPL the documentation like
> > the code and be done with it.

I' ve considered that idea, but we are including lots of GPL based libraries 
(thanks to GPL). So we have to stick to the license. We can extend and change 
the code, but not the license. Actually, I am not an expert in this. Do you 
still belive that its possible to license the code under CC then?

>
> they have the knowledge but they can't sell it. reading it is still
> permitted, or am i wrong here?

Of course this has nothing to do with a non-disclosure agreement.

ciao,
axel

>
> > -- Rob Dyke
>
> Alex
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Axel Neumann"
> > <axel at open-mesh.net> To: "Discuss list on the World Summit on Free
> > Information Infrastructure" <wsfii-discuss at lists.okfn.org> Sent:
> > Friday, November 2, 2007 10:53:46 AM (GMT) Europe/London Subject: Re:
> > [wsfii-discuss] batman license (Was: funding supernodes)
> >
> >
> > All documents/code on open-mesh.net are licensed individually and
> > define this with its header of footer. Generally, most of the source
> > code (BATMAN) is licensed under GPL, so it allows commercial usage...
> >  Most of the documents as well as the content of the web-pages is
> > licensed under CC by-nc-sa. This license does not allow commercial
> > usage.
> >
> > ciao, axel
> >
> >
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