On 17/02/2009, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:morenisco@cdsl.cl">morenisco@cdsl.cl</a></b> <<a href="mailto:morenisco@cdsl.cl">morenisco@cdsl.cl</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Dag Wieers wrote:<br> <br> > On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote:<br> <br> [...]<br> <br> >> If you put a *HEADER* on your page which states that *this* one document<br> >> is licensed under the GDFL and *NOT* under a CC license, I am *not*<br>
>> happy with that, but I think it could work.<br> >><br> >> Anyone having a problem with that?<br> ><br> > Yes, I prefer not to have content with different licenses because it may<br> > become a management nightmare at some point. Especially if content is<br>
> being merged at some point or being rewritten.<br> ><br> > There is an advantage in keeping things simple.<br> ><br> > Why is the CC license not sufficient ? Why does the author not want to<br> > dual-license or relicense his content ?<br>
<br> Because I prefer GFDL. I prefer and I want give all the rights over the<br> document, instead start providing some rights. I feel more confortable and<br> overall free with GFDL.<br> <br> Anyway, I'm not sure to publish more documents in the CentOS wiki, this is<br>
not being a good experience for me. Is difficult to publish documentation<br> here. And after have explained what and where I want to contribute, I was<br> almost forced to re-licence or change the licence of my documentation (and<br>
you didn't think that someone could want to keep his freedom and publish<br> his documentation with the original licence that he choose?).</blockquote><div><br>The rules apply to everyone. Why should *you* be an exception? <br>
<br>If the clearly defined rules are not adhered to, or enforced, then anarchy prevails.<br><br>I am sorry to hear that you have misunderstood the purpose of the CentOS Wiki. It does not exist to provide a means for persons to publish their own copyrighted material for global access via the Internet but to provide information, advice, hints, etc, to users of CentOS.<br>
<br>Alan </div></div><br>