User talk:Shanya Almafeta
Shanya,
Users will not be able to specify which license they wish to license their contributions under. If you cannot agree to this, please let us know, and we'll deactivate your account.
Best, Larry Sanger 21:03, 24 January 2007 (CST)
- As of right now, it's not clear what license, if any, submissions to this site are licensed under, as the site is currently contradicting itself. I just wanted to make it clear that my comments were not GFDL, as I am morally opposed to that license.
- I just wanted to create the account as a placeholder, and I'm just hoping for the best, that the license selected will be one that doesn't go against my ethics. If this does not turn out to be true, I'll ask for my account to be deleted then. Shanya Almafeta 21:17, 24 January 2007 (CST)
Comment from mr. Mike Johnson
Shanya,
How we will license our content is an area under discussion- and we'd love work with our stakeholders on this. Feel free to post on the forums about this topic. But on the wiki itself, things become horrifically messy very quickly if we allow different users posting under their own license- trying to juggle multiple conflicting content licenses would very quickly kill the utility of a wiki. So as Larry said, our policy is that users will not be able to specify which license they wish to license their contributions under.
We'd love to have you as a contributor as you seem quite smart and motivated. But your asserted copyright on submissions conflicts with our policy (which is quite necessary). We may choose a license that's to your liking; we may not. In the meantime, would you please either remove your claim of copyright or ask us to deactivate your account?
Best wishes, --Mike Johnson 09:01, 25 January 2007 (CST)
- My copyright claim is not going to be an issue, as it will not prevent my submissions from also falling under some other license -- once the site is consistenly using a single license, that is. I'm joining the discussion on the forums, so there will not be a problem. :) Shanya Almafeta 09:51, 25 January 2007 (CST)