> I thought I just had. In what way does the statement "Yes, it's true > that you can't resell copies of The Python Papers for personal profits, > but you may derive from it, reproduce and propagate it" not provide > such a revision and clarification? Seriously, let me know what exact > statement you feel needs to be made, and I will endorse it accordingly > if it is accurate. > > For my part, I don't see that there are ethically serious restrictions > on the freedom of use of the information contained within The Python > Papers. Call it "mostly free" if you like. There's no such thing as > complete freedom of information anyway, and we have done the best we > can. > > It's not software. The GPL is not the only license which preserves the > free use of the information containted within and I don't think there's > any contradiction in what we are doing... > > We considered releasing under the GPL, but felt that we wanted to > preserve two things which don't seem to be provided by it: > * Rights of the author to attribution as may be expected and desired > of an academic publication. The GPL doesn't seem appropriate for > disseminating the work of a single author. > * Rights of the author to have their words presented in their originial form > * Opportunity for the author to commercially license their works to > other vendors. By choosing the Share Alike restriction, we have > encouraged the free dissemination of research information without > affecting its commercial use. It seemed to be the best middle ground > between taking a strong ideological position on either side that would > be bound to put people off side. It preserves some rights for the > author while still allowing a substantial amount of free re-use. > * Reputation as an unbiased, financially disinterested group. By > distributing under the license we chose, we hoped to establish our > credentials. > > Your email indicates a possible concern that we are doing something > untoward -- this was not at all intended, nor is it true. > > Cheers, > -T > (Editor-In-Chief)
Oh, and I should have gone back and revised that 'two' up to 'four'. Snafu, sorry. Cheers, -T (Only-Human EIC) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
