[WikiCaretakers] Missing Licensing Policy

Guido Arnold guido at fsfe.org
Wed Sep 13 06:13:52 CEST 2017


Hello,

On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 05:01:27PM +0000, Thomas Doczkal wrote:
> On September 7, 2017 5:17:40 PM GMT+02:00, Florian Snow <floriansnow at fsfe.org> wrote:
> >Johannes Zarl-Zierl <jzarl at fsfe.org> writes:
> >> I think this puts us in a legally awkward position. While I doubt
> >> that anybody has an actual problem with us adding a CC license
> >> (or something similar) as the LicensePolicy page, we probably
> >> need to ask all wiki contributors for their consent.
> >
> >I completely agree.  I don't think anyone would mind, but we should be
> >cautious legally and also because we tell people to pay attention to
> >proper licensing.
> 
> What are the best options we have to request an approval from
> everyone who is contributing/has contributed to the Wiki?

IIRC the original wiki had a licence disclaimer granting FSFE full
rights to do whatever with the promise to behave. 

I only remember because I once proposed to change it.

Greetings,

Guido


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