Re: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA

2011-02-17 Thread Corey Burger
Afaik, the copyright of the Ubuntu Wiki (wiki.ubuntu.com) was Public Domain since a 2005 decision by the documentation team, however, I don't know if that is currently reflected/was ever reflected on the footer. Nor can I find the discussion at the current time. Corey On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:33

Re: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA

2011-02-17 Thread Martin Owens
On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 04:33 +0100, Jan Claeys wrote: > > The license of content of the Ubuntu Wiki has always been publically > > listed as copyright Canonical Ltd. > > Actually, that's not always been true (there was no such notice on > October 14th, 2004), but AFAICT can be proven at least star

Re: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA

2011-02-17 Thread Jan Claeys
Elizabeth Krumbach schreef op di 15-02-2011 om 14:04 [-0800]: > The license of content of the Ubuntu Wiki has always been publically > listed as copyright Canonical Ltd. Actually, that's not always been true (there was no such notice on October 14th, 2004), but AFAICT can be proven at least start

Re: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA

2011-02-15 Thread Charles Profitt
On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 14:04 -0800, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote: > The license of content of the Ubuntu Wiki has always been publically > listed as copyright Canonical Ltd. Working with the Ubuntu Community > Council, Canonical has decided to transition the content in the Ubuntu > Wiki to the the CC-BY

Re: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA

2011-02-15 Thread sarvōdaya
My shock from the realization that this wasn't always the case is outweighed by the joy that it's now true! Thanks for this [= Would it be possible to link to Freedom Defined on the wiki itself? On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 17:04, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote: > The license of content of the Ubuntu Wiki

Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA

2011-02-15 Thread Elizabeth Krumbach
The license of content of the Ubuntu Wiki has always been publically listed as copyright Canonical Ltd. Working with the Ubuntu Community Council, Canonical has decided to transition the content in the Ubuntu Wiki to the the CC-BY-SA license[1]. This license is a free culture license[2] and is the