[Foundation-l] Wikisource Licence Terms

[Gerard Meijssen]

Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
> How can we work on this together ?
>
> I would be very happy to set up a session to discuss about it on IRC 
> and on Skype.
>
> For example, who would be available next Sunday?
>
> Jean-Baptiste Soufron
>
> David Newton wrote:
>> As has become apparent recently there is considerable confusion
>> possible when reading the text of the Wikisource copyright page at
>> [[Wikisource: Copyright]]. It is not clear whether only GFDL works,
>> GFDL-compatible works and public domain works can be posted at the
>> site, or whether any licence that allows relatively free reproduction
>> can be used. We need this situation cleared up. I am therefore
>> proposing to re-write the offending bits of the Wikisource copyright
>> page to remove the ambiguity.
>>
>> Since this is a serious step for the project I thought it sensible to
>> post here and see what the level of agreement is with what I am
>> proposing to do. I will also post an equivalent message to the
>> Scriptorium.
>>
>> What I am proposing to do is to re-word the licensing page to make it
>> clear that the documents themselves are licensed separately from the
>> content of the site. That means that things on talk pages, the
>> Scriptorium, Community Portal and similar will be under the GFDL as
>> per Wikipedia. However, the documents themselves will be licensed
>> according to conditions appropriate to their source. That means that
>> works that are public domain in the United States should be noted as
>> such with a template at the top or bottom of the page, whichever is
>> felt most appropriate. It means that works that carry different
>> licensing conditions from the GFDL and that have licences that are
>> incompatible with the GFDL can be noted as such.
>>
>> Such a step will open up Wikisource to a large number of possibilities
>> of hosting that are currently not open and it will also clear up a
>> considerable amount of confusion. What do you think?
>>
>> David Newton
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