[dokuwiki] Re: Licensing options in the installer
- From: TNHarris <telliamed@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:42:03 -0400
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012, at 08:56 AM, Andreas Gohr wrote:
> No. Maybe it should be "None chosen". It simply means that. There is
> no explicit license chosen and and all copy and usage rights fall to
> their default, whatever that may be in your case. Eg. in a company
> probably everything is owned by the company by default.
>
> One might argue to introduce an additional "all rights reserved"
> option which would do that, but since I'm not a lawyer I'd have no
> idea how phrase and where to link this.
I believe the default in most countries is "all rights reserved."
Writing it explicitly is a reminder that copying is not allowed.
Although the definition of "owner" can be murky, particularly with a
wiki. There are some people who are under the mistaken impression that
just because it's on the internet then it must be free. Quoting from
Wikipedia:
the lack of notice of copyright using these marks may have
consequences in terms of reduced damages in an infringement lawsuit
The link could just point to a general FAQ about copyright. This looks
sufficiently informative: http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/faq/
> Again, you can set up whatever license you want through the
> license.local.php file. Maybe we should link to
> http://www.dokuwiki.org/config:license from the installer.
The installer would write license.local.php for you, I'm not suggesting
new config variables.
Perhaps we could merely change the prompt string. "Please choose the
license notice that will be displayed." This implies the current meaning
of "the license you want to put your content under", but also suggests
that you can choose "None" if an open license is not applicable. Or, if
the custom field is added, that you can type your own notice and URL.
> All links point to CC's simple explanations first, full license texts
> are linked from there.
Okay, I see. The same can't be said for GFDL, but I guess anyone who
doesn't already know about FSF probably wouldn't choose it anyway.
> > I also think the installer should mention that all options can be
> > changed after the wiki has been setup.
>
> Well that's true for all options in the installer, not the license
> only. However changing the license later (after use) isn't as easy
> (legally) as all the other options ;-)
Yes, I mean that inc/lang/*/install.php should mention this. Someone
using DokuWiki for the first time may not be familiar with the
configuration page and the many options that are available. Saying this
reassures them that what they enter in the install form is not
permanent.
Regarding translations, it could be something like:
$key = 'lic_' . ($conf['license'] ? $conf['license'] : 'none');
echo hsc($lang[$key]);
I just noticed that html_edit() does not use hsc when printing the
license.
Creative Commons has a number of translations. Too bad they don't
redirect to the appropriate page based on Accept-Language.
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