On 09/04/2009 11:48 AM, Paul wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking at the additional agreements part at the base of the
document and specifically the line about LPM having the editorial
control.
While I don't have a problem with that, there needs to be something in
the additional part to protect authors over reprints as there is nothing
in proposal over LPM using articles in the Fedora mag for their own
financial gain in either paper or electronically published form.
It is very unusual for contributors to give carte blanche permission for
publication and republication. The way this proposal is worded provides
no protection against this from happening.
I've not edited the page as I'd like the fedora-legal people's
perspective on this.
Hmm, ok. Here's my thoughts:
* Some of the content will be written/created by LPM (possibly all of
the content). Accordingly, I don't think we get much say in how they use
it, aside from the normal trademark usage considerations.
* For anything that Fedora owns, we should be sure it is available under
acceptable licensing terms, but for things like screenshots, I doubt
there is much concern, as that sort of thing is rather ubiquitous.
* I think ultimately, if Fedora contributors end up authoring content
for this magazine, they should do so under licensing terms that they are
comfortable with, but I don't think it is necessary to mandate it.
~spot