[FM Discuss] "CC" license without "By" -- similar to public domain but has restriction.

[adam hyde]

On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 01:57 +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote:
> Thanks Adam,
>     For your prompt reply. I would also like to share my schoolwiki
> project link ( currently empty )
> http://schoolwiki.eduvid.in/en/index.php?title=Main_Page
>     This project is not started but I have vision & will to put
> "student made open textbooks" books in Indian education system. I will
> start working on this project after Feb - 2010.
>      How can I sync with "bookie", is there any other mailing list
> where I can get updates Or contribute ?

this is the main mailing list for info about booki :)

adam



> 
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:48 AM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> > you should wait for the release of the new platform that FLOSS Manuals
> > is developing. It is for exactly the kind of project you are trying to
> > do, ie. a "simple mechanism of public domain books."
> >
> > the platform is called 'booki', and will be out sometime next year
> >
> > adam
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 01:43 +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote:
> >> Dear all,
> >>      I am silent reader of this mailing list. I just want to ask , It
> >> is possible to have CC-SA licensing for books.
> >> Actually, I am trying to generate community created text books via
> >> Wiki interface. more or less similar to wikibooks.
> >> But I want a simpler way to redistribution. when I copy some CC-BY-SA
> >> license material from some wiki site, It create problems because I
> >> have to look the names of author from history page. Also I need to put
> >> a back link to the original article.
> >>      Imagine a situation where I went to wikibooks and then I liked
> >> one article. I took the printout of the article and give it to my
> >> friend with $1. is it legal to do so ? I think I am violating the
> >> license because I am not putting CC-By-SA license and back link to
> >> wiki article. I just want to have some fast process when taking a
> >> printout and selling won't be illegal.
> >>      Imagine a situation when I am remixing some articles from
> >> different sites and making a new book OR imagine a situation where
> >> some publisher want to print my books with/without modification to the
> >> text. I want a easy method to do so.
> >>     CC-SA license look better to me as It remove hurdle of
> >> attribution. but does it a valid license ?
> >>
> >> Let me define my requirement.
> >>        I am setting a wiki website where anyone can contribute. The
> >> purpose to that wiki site is to create a public domain knowledge
> >> repository. I want that anybody can take printout of whole or part of
> >> book and sell them for any purpose (without a need to edit and write
> >> attribution). I want that any publisher can download the booklet/books
> >> and print as it ease. When they print my material, all they need to
> >> give a url OR retain the paragraph about book repos and its url.
> >>       If they make any modification then they must release new book in
> >> such a way that the changes can be reflected (copied) to main books
> >> repo.
> >>       I am looking for simple license strategy where any publisher can
> >> download and print my books and sell them.
> >>       How can I do that.
> >>
> >> May be I am not clear my my requirement but I want a simple mechanism
> >> of public domain books.
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