On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 01:12:16PM -0400, Russell Bryant wrote:
> On 03/20/2014 01:06 PM, Russell Bryant wrote:
> > The Nova project is looking to move the content of design specifications
> > to a git repository for the Juno development cycle [1].  The contents of
> > this repository will not be code.  It will primarily be documentation.
> >
> > Right now we put the Apache 2 LICENSE file in the repository and have
> > the same license header in the template used for specifications.
> >
> >   http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova-specs/tree/LICENSE
> >   http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova-specs/tree/template.rst
> >
> > Is this licensing the proper choice here?  If not, what should we use
> > instead?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > [1]
> > http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-March/030576.html
> >
>
> To possibly answer my own question ...
>
> I found in a previous thread that the board officially approved using
> CC-BY for documentation here:
>
> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/15Oct2012BoardMinutes#Approval_of_the_CCBY_License_for_Documentation.
>
> So perhaps we should be using that since this is effectively
> documentation?  I also expect that this content be used heavily when
> developing the official project documentation based on the features
> described in these specifications.

Perhaps something that the Foundation staff should decide as part of
implementing the CC BY policy for documentation.

 - RF

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