9 Nov
2015
9 Nov
'15
11:23 p.m.
On 9 Nov 2015 at 22:51:41, vincent(a)massol.net
(vincent@massol.net(mailto:vincent@massol.net)) wrote:
Hi devs,
I see at http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/License that we say: “The wiki
documents (all the documents in the default .xar archive) are distributed under Creative
Commons (CC-BY)”.
However currently all our wiki pages in GitHub (the XML files) are licensed under LGPL
2.1
Do we need to change the license for all those XML files?
BTW are we sure it would be ok to have files licensed under both LGPL and CC-BY in our
distribution?
All I could find is to consider those XML files “non-functional data” files (see
"Non-functional Data”
in http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html) which says:
“
Data that isn't functional, that doesn't do a practical job, is more of an
adornment to the system's software than a part of it. Thus, we don't insist on the
free license criteria for non-functional data. It can be included in a free system
distribution as long as its license gives you permission to copy and redistribute, both
for commercial and non-commercial purposes. For example, some game engines released under
the GNU GPL have accompanying game information—a fictional world map, game graphics, and
so on—released under such a verbatim-distribution license. This kind of data can be part
of a free system distribution, even though its license does not qualify as free, because
it is non-functional.
”
One issue is that those XML files not only contain data but also scripts which I don’t
think can be considered “non-functional data”...
WDYT?
Thanks
-Vincent
Thanks
-Vincent