[FM Discuss] Licensing Chapter for Booki Manual

[John Curwood]

Hi Anne,

Thanks for that, it's a great start.

Cheers,

John

On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 16:56 -0500, Anne Gentle wrote:
> Hi John - 
> I reworked a blog entry I had written about the general subject, and
> filled in the introductory section. I also pasted in the rest of the
> proposed outline. 
> 
> All, feel free to revise as you see fit. I'll revisit it and try to
> fill in more - though my understanding of it is limited and the "I am
> not a laywer" disclaimer applys. :)
> 
> Anne
> 
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> 
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 3:54 PM, John Curwood
> <marketing at lovinglearning.co.nz> wrote:
>         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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