[FM Discuss] CC to GPL?

[adam]

On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 12:41 +0200, Tomi Toivio wrote:
> This manual is basically abandonware. The person who wrote it is no
> longer updating it. Just a quick update and it will be a nice
> manual... ;) 
> 

then i would go through the process of:
1. ask them if we can gpl it
2. if they say no then copy it as cc and it becomes the exception to the
rule

adam


> 2010/11/22 adam <adam at xs4all.nl>
>         hey
>         
>         english fm will be the first to migrate. i am working on that
>         now.
>         
>         finnish fm will be a few months later. or weeks if you want to
>         do it
>         yourself tomi :)
>         
>         as for the manuals in cc for fm. i would not copy the content
>         unless
>         there is real benefit from doing so. is there a community
>         ready to start
>         working on these particular manuals, or do they need updating
>         etc?
>         
>         adam
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 10:00 -0600, James Simmons wrote:
>         > Tomi,
>         >
>         > When we migrate to Booki there should be licenses other than
>         GPL
>         > available, including (I believe) all the CC licenses.
>          Perhaps the
>         > thing to do is wait for the Booki migration.  You could put
>         the books
>         > in Booki now, but I *think* that the plan is to clear out
>         Booki before
>         > the migration.   There are books already there that are
>         actually still
>         > being maintained in TWiki.
>         >
>         > You should get confirmation on this from someone on the FM
>         team, but I
>         > think this is how things will work.
>         >
>         > James Simmons
>         >
>         >
>         > On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Tomi Toivio
>         <tomi at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
>         > > Hello,
>         > >
>         > > There are a couple of Finnish open source manuals
>         available that could be
>         > > copied directly to FLOSS Manuals.
>         > >
>         > > Now I am asking how should I handle the CC to GPL
>         transition?
>         > >
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