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While at Tentacles, I met with Greg to discuss licensing the Wiki. I
did not discuss all of the issues as I promised him it would only
take 2 minutes.

The major topic was how Wikis, that have potentially anonymous
material, can fit into the new scheme. His response was that as long
as I, as the hoster, accepted responsibility than that was OK. In
particular, I accept responsibility for concept use. This means
that, if any of our material is re-used by Issaries (or their
licensees) then the originator of that material can sue me but not
Issaries.

Our group was founded on the basis that our material was designed to
be reused, so that I believe this is not an issue. And generally,
Issaries and the wider community are good about attribution.

I propose to modify the front page of the Wiki to make a statement
that all of our material is free for re-use. Points for discussion:
1 - should I state that while it is free for re-use, we would
greatly prefer attribution?
2 - do we want it to be free for re-use outside Glorantha?

If anyone disagrees with the fundamental concept of free re-use then
please let us all know immediately. If we cannot come to agreement
then the material involved must be removed. If the material is too
large to do that, then I shall have to take the site down.

I did not discuss the issues of quotations or maps, that can wait.

Now this was a personal conversation, not a lawyers conversation, so
I am sure that there are many subtlies that were missed but those
were the issues that worried Greg and myself.

regards,
Charles





Wed May 18, 2005 4:14 am

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While at Tentacles, I met with Greg to discuss licensing the Wiki. I did not discuss all of the issues as I promised him it would only take 2 minutes. The...
Charles Corrigan
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May 18, 2005
4:14 am

... If you're happy to do that, then fine. I don't see the risk as being great myself. ... Yes. It shouldn't need saying, but people have been getting touchy...
Jane Williams
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May 18, 2005
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... Yes, but... :-) While it is true that they are hosted elsewhere, they are displayed as inline images in the wiki. It is arguable (and I would agree with ...
Charles Corrigan
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May 18, 2005
10:33 am

... According to Greg the last time we spoke, no. Please don't. The last thing he wants is to wreck existing sites. Ask for a license, and the default answer...
Jane Williams
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May 18, 2005
11:40 am

... That was certainly my experience. Greg is bending over backwards to make things easy for folk. And thanks Charles for bringing this up. The whole concept...
John Hughes
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May 18, 2005
11:02 pm

... I think it wants to be a bit clearer than "free re-use" which implies public domain, i.e. anyone can re-publish anything they like in any way they like. ...
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May 18, 2005
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... This will be in addition to the statements required by Issaries. Any objections? regards, Charles...
Charles Corrigan
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