[CentOS-docs] I want to contribute to the wiki

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote:

> morenisco at cdsl.cl wrote:
>> Ralph Angenendt wrote:
>
>>>> Ohh shii...is not possible to keep a document with GFDL into a web site
>>>> with CC?
>>>
>>> I do not know offhand (but I don't think those two are compatible).
>>
>> Well Ralph, anyway, If I paste the 20 pages on the wiki, I will have the
>> problem with the licence. I want to be free to licence my documentation
>> with GFDL or another that could be enought free for me. And put pressure
>> for just one licence to use is not something that you could consider a
>> free act.
>
> If you put a *HEADER* on your page which states that *this* one document
> is licensed under the GDFL and *NOT* under a CC license, I am *not*
> happy with that, but I think it could work.
>
> Anyone having a problem with that?

Yes, I prefer not to have content with different licenses because it may 
become a management nightmare at some point. Especially if content is 
being merged at some point or being rewritten.

There is an advantage in keeping things simple.

Why is the CC license not sufficient ? Why does the author not want to 
dual-license or relicense his content ?

-- 
--   dag wieers,  dag at centos.org,  http://dag.wieers.com/   --
[Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]