Re: [Koha-devel] Koha Documentation Structure

[Andres Tarallo]

MJ Ray wrote:

> Here's my worries about your statement:
>
> >     "This document is copyrighted (c) 2004 by <your name here>.  Unless
> > otherwise stated, Koha documents are copyrighted by their respective
> > authors.
>
>
> I'm not entirely sure that "to copyright" is a verb. If I remember 
> correctly, copyright is a property of a creative expression which 
> exists automatically in Berne Union states and does not require a 
> distinct action to create it.

It's not bad, but certainly it can be better. You license something, and 
you hold a copyright onto something.

> >      Koha-related documents may be reproduced and distributed in 
> > whole or
> > in part, in any medium physical or electronic, as long as this
> > copyright notice is retained on all copies.
>
> [..]
>
> Hope you don't mind, but I'd really rather we avoided making something 
> non-free. It doesn't really seem necessary to make a new licence as 
> there are enough out there already. By far the most common case of 
> non-free software seen on debian-legal is people creating their own 
> copyright licences and getting it "a bit wrong" or overlooking something.
>
> Surely we can pick one or two known free software copyright licences 
> which express the authors' wishes?

This could be the besto solution, something like the "contract" that 
debian devoleprs have.

Andres