[Kdeev-books] First cut - scripting chapter,chapter and structure

[Brad Hards]

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On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 01:35 am, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> Note that I still didn't have the time nor the patience to go through all
> of this, so before we start working on text we should go for a) if we use
> the FDL b) which optional condidtions we use and c) wether the KDE e.V.
> needs to have exclusive rights or not. My personal opinion is that I would
> like to have the KDE e.V. hold a position that only the KDE e.V. can
> fullfill in terms of, as mentioned, relicensing, if we discover that the
> GPL is much better suitable. Reaching documentation writers after years is
> a PITA similar to authors of software, but if we use the optional features
> of the FDL then even a removal of the optional features, if encountered the
> better solution, won't be possible. This is why I would like to have the
> general license be the FDL plus granting the e.V. the exclusive right to
> decide about optional features and to relicense it under the GPL or another
> free documentation license listed under the documentation licenses section
> on gnu.org. As said, I still don't really know what is the best thing here,
> I'm just making proposals.
I'm unconvinced. No-one asks for copyright assignment for software in KDE. 
What makes the book different. I suggest that for stuff that is truly group 
authored (or where we are editing work from developer.kde.org AND the 
original author agrees), then the modified work could be assigned to KDE e.V. 
However for substantially new work, authors retain copyright over their 
chapter. If KDE e.V. wants to relicense, thats OK, but I certainly don't 
trust enough to let go of my work.

This is not to say that I won't use a free license, and KDE e.V. can use that 
as much as anyone. Similarly, given a reason to relicense, I would likely 
agree. However without some more specific reasons, I'm not tempted to hand 
over my work.

Ralf: if there is a deeper reason that you want KDE e.V. to hold the 
copyright, please explain. We can resolve this, and we need all the facts.

Brad
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