[Asterisk-Users] Wiki TOS - worrying for an open source project?

[Julien Levi]

Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:


> 
> You will note it said "NONexclusive ... right" -- they're not saying the 
> information belongs to them, they are saying that the information is in the 
> public domain.

Yes, the right is non-exclusive but they claim copyright over the
"compilation" (see the copyright statement in the attached file) AIUI
that means that should anyone ever want to mirror the wiki elsewhere
they would need to either have a license from voip-info.org or seek
individual permission from everyone who ever contributed, which would be
practically impossible. A creative commons license would avoid such issues.


> 
> 
>>What worries me most is that the current terms seem crafted so as to
>>ensure that should the people who run voip-info ever decide to remove
>>content, or stop hosting the wiki, it couldn't be mirrored anywhere else.
> 
> 
> Untrue.  Their terms about relinking or republishing are for COMMERCIAL use, 
> unless I'm misreading something here.
> 

As I read it each restriction is separated by a comma, therefore the
"reproduce, duplicate, copy" restrictions are separate from the "sell,
resell, visit or use for other commercial purposes" restrictions.

The full text of the TOS from:

http://www.voip-info.org/terms_of_service.html

is attached.

regards,

Julien


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