[darcs-users] moin to gitit migration - we're flipping the switch soon!

[Trent W. Buck]

Eric Kow <kowey at darcs.net> writes:

> - Converting the moin history to darcs.
>   Done 2009-04-13. Thanks, Trent!

...and sorry for the delays!

> - LICENSING: since we're thinking about it, how about adopting a
>   formal license for all new content?

+1.

> The haskell.org wiki uses a "simple permissive license" which is the
> closest practical thing to public domain they could get:

I usually use the expat license[0], which looks to be the same as the
one below except that yours substitutes "work" for "software".  It seems
a reasonable change to me (the wiki documents aren't software), but I'd
like Eric to mention this to the SFC people and see if they have any
input.

[0] http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt

>   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
>   this work (the "Work"), to deal in the Work without restriction,
>   including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
>   publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Work, and
>   to permit persons to whom the Work is furnished to do so.
>
>   THE WORK IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
>   OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
>   MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
>   NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
>   BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
>   ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
>   CONNECTION WITH THE WORK OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE WORK.