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Re: Doc licenses

 

Sorry, one more item of note. Just got word from the Foundation that
the copyrights transfer from OpenStack LLC to OpenStack Foundation. I
can log a doc bug - it's a matter of updating all the book files.

Anne

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all -
> Yes, the Compute Admin Guide contains mixed licensing, some sections
> are CC-by-SA.
>
> Until we get the new CLA to indicate new additions are CC-By it'll
> have to stay this way I believe. For now, it's Apache 2.0 unless
> otherwise noted (as is the Compute Admin Guide).
>
> You'll note that the text for the Compute Admin Guide is both:
>  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
> may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may
> obtain a copy of the License at
>
> http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
>
> Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
> distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
> WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
> implied. See the License for the specific language governing
> permissions and limitations under the License.
>
>
> Except where otherwise noted, this document is licensed under Creative
> Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
>
> Anne
>
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Russell Bryant <rbryant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I noticed some inconsistency around the license for docs.
>>
>> Compute admin guide - CC-by-sa
>> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/
>>
>> Quantum admin guide - Apache 2.0
>> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-network/admin/content/
>>
>> Swift admin guide - Apache 2.0
>> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-object-storage/admin/content/
>>
>> wiki content - Apache 2.0? (based on the footer)
>> http://wiki.openstack.org/ReleaseNotes/Folsom
>>
>> Was the compute admin guide a special case for some reason?  Is the
>> general rule Apache 2.0 unless there's a reason to use something else?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Russell Bryant
>>
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