[Asterisk-doc] Minutes of the first "conferece call"

[Leif Madsen]

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> From: asterisk-doc-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-doc-
> admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steven Critchfield
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:39 PM
> To: asterisk-doc@lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-doc] Minutes of the first "conferece call"
> > > Project goals:  We discussed the goals of our project, and agreed that
> > > our first priority is getting some good "dead tree" documentation for
> > > Asterisk.  A secondary goal should be to try to get the book published
> > > if possible.  Along those same lines, we agreed that the book should
> > > be published under an "open" license.
> >
> > I agree.  I think we need to start thinking about doing something like
> > Digium does and have people sign a waiver or something to release the
> > documentation to the group.  If we are ever going to have this
> > published, we obviously need to have some sort or legalities figured 
> > out before we get too much further.
> 
> If it helps, I was under the impression that we where using an open
> license for this before I submitted any content.

I'm no lawyer, so I'm not sure the best way to go about this.  I actually
just re-read the Open Publication License
<http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/> which we are using for this project,
and it appears to cover a section regarding hard publication (such as in a
book).

Section V. seems to cover the hard copy aspect.  I seem to remember someone
mentioning something similar sounding to Part 3.  I've copy/pasted it below.

"Finally, while it is not mandatory under this license, it is considered
good form to offer a free copy of any hardcopy and CD-ROM expression of an
Open Publication-licensed work to its author(s)."

Like I said, I'm no lawyer, just trying to cover all bases here :)

Thanks,
Leif Madsen aka blitzrage.