Re: New wiki system: copyright

[John Sullivan]

Thomas Schwinge <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello!
>
> Thanks for your input!  See below for my comments.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:57:01PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
>>     > | The Free Software | Foundation promises to always use either a
>>     > verbatim copying license or a free | documentation license when
>>     > publishing your contribution.
>> 
>>     Why the verbatim copying option?
>> 
>> Since this wiki is for documentation, that option should not be
>> included.
>
> Okay, I have no objections against removing that.  I had originally
> gotten this text as-is from the GNU-hosted GPLv3 wiki, see, for example,
> the footer at <http://gplv3.fsf.org/wiki/>: ``[...]  By contributing to
> any page on this wiki, you agree to assign copyright for your
> contribution to the Free Software Foundation.  The Free Software
> Foundation promises to always use either a verbatim copying license or a
> free documentation license when publishing your contribution.  [...]''
>

It was on the GPLv3 wiki because that wiki included some works of opinion and
philosophy -- it wasn't focused on software documentation.

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