[Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

Wolfgang Jeltsch wolfgang at jeltsch.net
Wed Jan 11 05:40:50 EST 2006


Am Mittwoch, 11. Januar 2006 05:38 schrieben Sie:
> [...]

> My suggestion would be
>
> * One license for the Wiki.  If a contributor wants to put up material
> with a different license, then link to it as Udo suggested.  (This also
> makes it clear that the link is to material that is not to be edited by
> others, whereas by definition the entire Wiki actively solicits editing
> by others.)
>
> * That license should be maximally permissive.  Anything viral defeats
> B(ii).  Preferably even more permissive than BSD (e.g. no obligation to
> display a copyright notice.  Who would the copyright notice be *to*?)
> I'm not fussy about the details.  Just some way of saying "You can do
> what you like with this material".

Your proposal sounds good.

Yes, BSD might be too "restrictive".  So let's put every wiki content under a 
very permissive license like the one Udo proposed.  Opinions?

> Simon

Best wishes,
Wolfgang


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