On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 22:11 +1000, Malcolm Jacobson wrote: > Speaking strictly as an interested observer, can anyone explain why > Fedora Docs doesn't use the same license and sign up process as > Wikipedia? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights While we cannot use the GNU FDL as Wikipedia does (see below for background[1]), we certainly can allow a simpler process to get contributors on the wiki. A click-through CLA (read, then click "OK, I agree") is sufficient, but not enabled in our version of Moin Moin. Resolving this should be a higher priority. We're challenged by a release process not our own. Let's ask Mike (under a new thread) about what it would take to circumnavigate this. - Karsten [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Licensing/FAQ > Cheers, > > Malcolm. > > > John Babich wrote: > > On Dec 19, 2007 2:07 PM, John Babich <jmbabich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > I plan to be at the FUDCon and I'll post a session now on "Simplifying > > > the Onboarding Process for the Fedora Project" or something similar. > > > > > > I'm not sure I'm the best guy to lead it though. Red Hat Legal should > > > definitely be involved in the discussion at FUDCon. > > > > > > > Done. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JohnBabich/SimplifyingOnboarding. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > John Babich > > Volunteer, Fedora Project > > > > > -- > fedora-docs-list mailing list > fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list -- Karsten Wade, Developer Community Mgr. Dev Fu : http://developer.redhatmagazine.com Fedora : http://quaid.fedorapeople.org gpg key : AD0E0C41
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