[FM Discuss] Licensing Chapter for Booki Manual

[John Curwood]

Hi Everyone,

With the migration to Booki about to start I'm getting the Booki User
Guide up to a usable state.  One chapter I need help with is on
Licensing. A couple of weeks ago I sent a message to the list outlining
what I need for the chapter (See below).

The editing page for the Booki user guide can be found at:
http://www.booki.cc/booki-user-guide/edit/
and the licensing chapter is at the bottom of the Using Booki Section.

I'd appreciate any help available as licensing information is currently
beyond my expertise.

Cheers,

John

On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 22:48 +1200, John Curwood wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been working on the Booki User Guide and have encountered several
> areas where a user will need to select an appropriate licence for their
> content (1- When creating a book, 2- When uploading images, 3- when
> publishing a book).  As Booki is designed to be used by a wide audience
> I think a chapter on licensing is necessary and not only should it
> include a description of each licence but also give strengths and
> weaknesses as well as describing situations in which you would use
> certain licenses and why, enabling a user with no prior publishing
> experience to choose the right licence for their work.  While I can add
> brief descriptions of the licenses, I lack the experience to provide the
> extra info that is required to help create a decision making framework
> so I am asking for volunteers from the list to help add the licensing
> chapter to the Booki User Guide.  To do this you will need to have an
> account set up with Booki (www.booki.cc).  The list of available
> licenses is given below, Creating a new book and uploading images have
> the same options, while publishing has several extra licenses to choose
> from making it very daunting for the un-initiated. :)
> 
> Licensing options for Creating a Book/Uploading Images:
>         CC-0
>         CC-BY
>         CC-BY-SA
>         General Public Licence
>         MIT
>         Public Domain
> 
> Licensing options when Publishing:
>         GPL
>         GPLv2+
>         LGPL
>         LGPLv2.1
>         GPLv3+
>         GPLv2
>         GPLv3
>         CC-BY
>         CC-BY-SA
>         Artistic
>         BSD
>         Public Domain
>         LGPLv3
>         MIT
>         
> Cheers,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
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