Talk:Burning Life
vburn.org under incompatible license compared to SL Wiki
As indicated by a link in the footer of vburn.org, the content of the website is available under 16px BY-NC-ND 3.0 US. That is to say,
- BY- Attribution, author(s) (e.g. Wiki Contributors) must be attributed
- NC- Non-commercial, the work may not be used for commercial purposes
- ND- No Derivative Works,
You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.
- US- the legalese is ported to United States legalese.
Whereas the Wiki content is available under
<spandir="rtl"title="CreativeCommons"><spantitle="Attribution,Share-alike">BY-SA3.0
That is to say,
- BY- Attribution, author(s) (e.g. Wiki Contributors) must be attributed
- SA- Share-alike, derivative works must be available under the same license.
With regards to the Wiki license, a perfect example is the blog post on BurningLife.com. Although the entire blog is not available under a CC license, since the content of the post is taken from the SL Wiki, the terms of the license have been followed. Similar BY-SA adherence has occurred when people have republished Image:Agni.jpg.
The US-specific legalese likely isn't a problem for all intents and purposes (the SL Wiki isn't US-specific), but the lack of "Share-Alike", the inclusion of "Non-Commercial" and "No Derivative Works" may end up being restrictive with how Residents and the general public may re-use and republish the information/content.
SignpostMarv Martin 02:46, 18 August 2008 (PDT)