Hi all. In creating my wiki I chose the Copyleft/GPL license. However, I am finding that some of my sources will allow me to use web graphics and text for educational purposes, but will not allow the **redistribution** of them. So I don't think I should be using the Copyleft/GPL license.
I have not "opened up" my wiki to collaborators yet, so I'm the only author/editor. Hopefully this means that changing licenses at this point is not a great problem.
Can anybody suggest what license they think I should be using and tell me how to change my license "midstream"? Many thanks (in advance)
Darren Addy Kearney, NE
On Apr 30, 2005, at 2:07pm, CheekyGeek wrote:
Can anybody suggest what license they think I should be using
I think you'll need a custom license that describes the exact terms the materials on your site are licensed under. All of the Creative Commons licenses grant the right to copy, distribute and perform so they would have no advantage over the FDL in your case. I'm not aware of any other "standard" licenses that would meet your needs.
John Blumel
On 4/30/05, CheekyGeek cheekygeek@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all. In creating my wiki I chose the Copyleft/GPL license. However, I am finding that some of my sources will allow me to use web graphics and text for educational purposes, but will not allow the **redistribution** of them. So I don't think I should be using the Copyleft/GPL license.
I have not "opened up" my wiki to collaborators yet, so I'm the only author/editor. Hopefully this means that changing licenses at this point is not a great problem.
Can anybody suggest what license they think I should be using and tell me how to change my license "midstream"? Many thanks (in advance)
Darren Addy Kearney, NE _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
Actually, you can use GFDL and other licenses too. Here's an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags.
This allows you to be open, and use not so open materials.
On 4/30/05, CheekyGeek cheekygeek@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all. In creating my wiki I chose the Copyleft/GPL license. However, I am finding that some of my sources will allow me to use web graphics and text for educational purposes, but will not allow the **redistribution** of them. So I don't think I should be using the Copyleft/GPL license.
I have not "opened up" my wiki to collaborators yet, so I'm the only author/editor. Hopefully this means that changing licenses at this point is not a great problem.
Can anybody suggest what license they think I should be using and tell me how to change my license "midstream"? Many thanks (in advance)
You can license your own stuff however you like. You could for example say everything is under the GFDL, except for when there is a license statement in the article (you can put it in one of the MediaWiki messages that appear when you edit).
For all those non-GFDL, you put a notice in the article.
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