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'''DRAFT of new Licensing text as per the discussion at the 9 June 2011 SLOBs meeting'''
'''DRAFT of new Licensing text as per the discussion at the 9 June 2011 SLOBs meeting'''
Sugar Labs adheres to the principles of Free Software. An [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html overview of these principles] is found on the [http://gnu.org GNU.org website]. The OSD has a [http://opensource.org/docs/osd set of guidelines for Free and Open Source software] that characterize the intentions of our community.
Sugar Labs adheres to the principles of Free Software. An [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html overview of these principles] is provided by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has a [http://opensource.org/docs/osd set of guidelines for Free and Open Source software] that characterize the intentions of our community.
All software and content distributed by Sugar Labs, including activity bundles uploaded to http://activities.sugarlabs.org, must be released under a license that conforms to the principles and guidelines referred to above.
All software and content distributed by Sugar Labs, including activity bundles uploaded to http://activities.sugarlabs.org, must be released under a license that conforms to the principles and guidelines referred to above.
You may use any license on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses's list of acceptable licenses] or the FSF's [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html list of licenses]. If you wish to use a license not on one of these two lists and believe that it fits our guidelines, please contact the [[Oversight Board]].
You may use any license on the Fedora Project's [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses list of Good Licenses] or the FSF's [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html list of Free Software Licenses]. If you wish to use a license not on one of these two lists and believe that it fits our guidelines, please contact the [[Oversight Board]].
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+1 from Cjb, with the fix to one of the links that I just made. [[User:Cjb|Cjb]] 09:45, 15 June 2011 (EDT)
+1 from Cjb, with the fix to one of the links that I just made. [[User:Cjb|Cjb]] 09:45, 15 June 2011 (EDT)
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''The language seems sloppy to me. Fedora lists both good and bad licenses on the linked page, so saying "You may use any license" from there is not quite what is meant. Secondly, the FSF link goes only to the GNU licenses, perhaps their [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html list of Free Software Licenses] is more appropriate?'' [[User:Bert|Bert]] 09:15, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
:Sorry. I realize I had the wrong link. Should be http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html which includes many non-GNU licenses. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 09:21, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
:The problem with the Fedora link was a typo. Should link directly to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses now. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 09:23, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
:: Maybe just to be explicit, write "Good Licenses" instead of "acceptable licenses"? [[User:Bert|Bert]] 09:54, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
::: Yes. I agree... consistency. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 10:02, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
''Another nit pick: I find the second link to the GNU.org website distracting and unnecessary. I'd replace ''"is found on the [http://gnu.org GNU.org website]"'' with ''"is provided by the FSF"''. The FSF is mentioned again later, so it's better to use the same name. [[User:Bert|Bert]] 10:04, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
:Nitpicking is right... but I made the change :) --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 10:51, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
:: That's better, though I'd remove that link altogether. It adds nothing to the official Sugar Labs Licensing page. My suggestion was "is provided by the FSF", with no embedded link at all. [[User:Bert|Bert]] 11:11, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
:::Sure... less is more. But I decided to spell out our acronyms when first used (and OSD->OSI) :P --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:19, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
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+1, having Fedora list of good licences will simplify workflow on ASLO to make it automatic, ie, activities-testing.sugarlabs.org [[Activity_Library/Editors/Policy/Licensing|sees]] to the {{Code|licence}} tag in the {{Code|activitiy.info}} to accept/reject any new upload. [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 09:32, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
+1 FWIW [[User:MartinDengler|MartinDengler]] 20:48, 25 June 2011 (EDT)