actions to OPL

[Stuart Ellis]

On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 13:33 -0800, Karsten Wade wrote:
> We'll roll with this plan from Greg:
> 
> 1. Agree to OPL w/o restrictions.  <== DONE
> 
> Steps 2a-2c should happen pretty much simultaneously:
> 
> 2a. Snapshot a list of all wiki users who have accounts *right now*.
> Make that list into a wiki page.  Call it the "legacy wiki user OPL
> agreement page" or some such.  Put a watch on the page.  People who
> agree should put a little "check" or something on the page.  With watch,
> we should be able to tell if someone is doing something wacky, like
> agreeing on behalf of other people.
> 
> 2b. Add language that says "any content here is OPL content" to the
> account creation / login page, BIG AND BOLD so people can't miss it.
> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UserPreferences).  
> 
> 2c. Announce OPL policy -- and point legacy users to the "lwuOap" page, 
> explaining how to agree to the new policy, and what to do if you don't 
> (i.e. go and remove your edits.)
> 
> 2d. Slap "OPL" on every single page in the footer.
> 
> 3. Monitor the watch list for compliance.

OK. A few things occurred to me whilst fiddling about with the FAQ:

- Relicensing the documentation in CVS to match. Easy for us to arrange,
I guess.

- Content on other Fedora Web sites, e.g. the separate Wiki that the
Directory Server Project maintains. I don't know how this works...

- Copyright: will the above give the Foundation joint copyright, or just
an OPL license grant ? (e.g the kernel licensing is an example of
licensing w/o copyright grant, and the issues that it may cause)

- Communicating that the licensing is going to change before it is
implemented.

Sorry to keep harping on about communication, but there is a track
record of stuff being done without enough communication, and causing
unnecessary confusion, misunderstanding, and ill-feeling. I'd like to
avoid all that, if it can be done.

-- 

Stuart Ellis

stuart at elsn.org

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