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  • From: Jon Phillips <jon AT fabricatorz.com>
  • To: jschneider AT pobox.com
  • Cc: Finn Årup Nielsen <fn AT imm.dtu.dk>, Neeru Paharia <neerupaharia AT gmail.com>, "AcaWiki general \(listserv\)" <acawiki-general AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [acawiki-general] [Wiki-research-l] New version of Wikipedia review.
  • Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:26:11 -0500

Agree, it takes more energy to change at this point. Can revist if we
need to later...

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Jodi Schneider <jschneider AT pobox.com> wrote:
> Personally, I'd prefer to stick with CC-BY. -Jodi
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Neeru Paharia <neerupaharia AT gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Yes we chose it because of hewlett, and also because reuse would be a lot
>> easier. Going forward I don't have a strong opinion either way.
>>
>> Neeru
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Mike Linksvayer <ml AT gondwanaland.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 04:53, Jodi Schneider <jschneider AT pobox.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> CC-BY is less restrictive. Unless you are opposed to potential
>>>> commercialization of your work, CC-BY is better than CC-BY-SA, in the
>>>> sense
>>>> that it makes reuse easier. CC-BY is, of course, worse if you prefer
>>>> copyleft licenses! :)
>>>
>>> There are reasons to use copyleft besides preventing commercialization
>>> (which copyleft licenses don't do direction, though they can be a
>>> deterrent
>>> in some cases). :)
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you given any thought as to why
>>>>> you selected CC-by and not CC-by-sa?
>>>>
>>>> The license was already chosen when I got involved.  Neeru, Mike, Greg,
>>>> any comments?
>>>
>>> I think Neeru chose it, or it was a condition of the small Hewlett grant
>>> that got Neeru started, or it is defaulty in OA world that AcaWiki
>>> complements most obviously (it has been a long haul toward the wiki
>>> world),
>>> or some combination thereof.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I suppose CC-by is practically the
>>>>> standard among researchers, while CC-by-sa stems from Wikimedia
>>>>> Foundation inspired projects.
>>>>
>>>> CC-BY-SA is pretty recent in Wikimedia:
>>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update
>>>
>>> Though copyleft isn't.
>>>
>>> i don't have an opinion on whether BY or BY-SA is more appropriate for
>>> AcaWiki, though it is an entirely safe bet that the question will come up
>>> regularly.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> p.s. Awesome re importing/collaboration, much more exciting than license
>>> nuance. :)
>>
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