[wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?

Jane Wells jane at automattic.com
Fri Sep 10 10:25:52 UTC 2010


  Actually, we generally say all WordCamp videos are GPL as well, since 
anyone working with WP code during presentation strays into the gray 
areas. By saying it's all GPL, we avoid that.

On 9/10/10 4:51 AM, Mike Little wrote:
> Re licences:
> Not wishing to start yet another GPL related flamefest; I just want to 
> point out that Creative Commons licences are not, in general, 
> compatible with the GNU GPL, so leave those for content only, and 
> stick with GPL for code. 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses
> Also you must always specify which CC licence, there are many, and 
> they are not all the same. 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#which-cc
>
> Secondly,
>
> On 10 September 2010 02:34, James Groom <jimgroom at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jimgroom at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>      ... ethics that should always undergird open source projects
>     (i.e. owned by no one) I think this is groovy.
>
>
> both Create Commons and GPL *only* work (i.e. are legally enforcable) 
> if someone/something owns the copyright. They are all based on the 
> copyright owner licensing you to use the work in a certain way.
>
>
> Mike
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>
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