[opencms-dev] Wiki for OpenCms documentation

[Ron Wheeler]

Wikipedia license GNU is about as broad as you can get and allows anyone 
to use the material to write a book or make a manual by cutting and 
pasting anything that is contributed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License
The contributor still holds the copyright to the material but has agreed 
to the licensing of their copyrighted material by posting it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer is a very 
general disclaimer. It says that the information in the wiki may not be 
correct and that if you want a professional answer to your question, 
hire a professional.
It pretty much absolves everyone involved from blame of any kind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Risk_disclaimer says (in big bold 
letters) *PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY FIND IN WIKIPEDIA 
MAY BE INACCURATE, MISLEADING, DANGEROUS OR ILLEGAL.

Not a bad start to a guide on building applications with software.
*

Ron

Jonathan Woods wrote:
> Jan -
>
> When you set up the Wiki, can you make sure that it's clear to contributors
> that their contributions may be used freely by third parties without
> permission?  I guess to protect yourself you may also wish to state that you
> accept material on the condition that there aren't already restrictions on
> its use, and that the responsibility for ensuring this is so lies with the
> third party.
>
> There ought to be a form of words for this kind of thing - anyone have any
> useful pointers from other Wikis they use?
>
> Jon 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
> [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Jan Meier
> Sent: 30 October 2006 14:27
> To: The OpenCms mailing list
> Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Wiki for OpenCms documentation
>
> Am Montag 30 Oktober 2006 13:56 schrieb Christian Steinert:
>   
>> Jan Meier schrieb:
>>     
>>> I think an OpenCms wiki would be really usefull. If there is public 
>>> interest I can register the domain "opencms-wiki.org" and put a 
>>> mediawiki[1] on it. What do you think about it? Or should we wait 
>>> until alkacon provides a wiki?
>>>       
>> Sounds like a wonderful idea to me.
>> If Alkacon is interested, they could take over the hosting later (if 
>> that is ok with you)
>>     
>
> Sure they could. 
> I will wait some days for other feedback and if it is all positive I will
> register the domain and install mediawiki.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Jan
>
>
>
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