Re: PostgreSQL Magazine #00 is out ! Send feedback please !

Le 08/06/2011 22:24, Peter Eisentraut a écrit :
> On ons, 2011-06-08 at 21:13 +0200, damien clochard wrote:
>> My general concern is : what happens if someone get the source file,
>> puts his own articles (or more likely advertisment) in it ? I'd be
>> uncomfortable if that new version used the same name that the original
>> one.
>>
>> Of course, we can argue that there are different types of forks. Some
>> may consider that the name should be changed only if the content is
>> modified. I disagree with that. Personnally i think that (like body
>> and soul) layout and content can't be separated...
>
> If that's what you want, you should put it under a more appropriate
> license. The work is currently distributed under Creative Commons
> Attribution-ShareAlike, which clearly allows adding articles or
> reformatting the paper size, as long as it is marked somewhere (most
> reasonably in the imprint) that modifications were made.
>
> Perhaps you would like to add -NoDerivs or -NonCommercial to address
> these concerns of yours.

Again i am ok with derivative works wether they are commercial or not.

I certainly need to do more research to know is the CC licences are
covering the name of document itself... Until you raise that point, i
was thinking that if you modify a song published under CC licence, than
you have to change its title... but i might be wrong.

btw here is the current licence of the magazine :

#########
The articles contained in this magazine are released under the Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. This means you may
adapt, copy, distribute and transmit the articles but only under the
following conditions: You must attribute the work to the original author
in some way (at least a name, email or URL) and to this magazine by name
('PostgreSQL Magazine') and the URL (pgmag.org). You cannot attribute
the article(s) in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your
use of the work. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you
must distribute the resulting work under the same, similar or a
compatible license.
#########

> Additionally, you could consider trademarking the magazine name.
>

Probably...
My first idea was to let the PGDG claim the ownership of the "PostgreSQL
Magazine" trademark... Now i see there's a Canadian non-profit coming up
for that. Why not giving the trademark to this association as wall. But
this is my priority for now...

> Not that I necessarily recommend doing any of these, but those would be
> the right steps.
>

Yes this is one of the many discussions we need to have before lauching
the magazine for real :)

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damien clochard
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