[Aslug] GCompris

[ninti at internode.on.net]

Krys: 
 
I'd observe that the scenarios you describe potentially involve complex copyright 
and licensing issues. 
 
Being a GPL application may mean that any extensions/additions to GCompris must 
be released under a similar license (but I'm not a licensing lawyer). In any 
case, this is the situation most active Linux users would probably prefer. 
 
All organisations involved would need to sign on to some form of open source 
licensing arrangement. Not necessarily GPL perhaps (unless required by GPL), but 
perhaps something like Creative Commons or whatever. If people (Aboriginal and 
non-Aboriginal) are going to contribute to the project for free, then I think it 
needs to be very clear at the outset that the end product will be free (in all 
senses of the word). 
 
This may seem tedious stuff right now when you just want something to work, but 
can come back to bite you on the a*** later. 
 
Speaking only for myself, I'm interested in open source projects using open 
source technologies and not very interested in closed source and proprietary 
technologies. I also believe that open source is ultimately in the end users' 
best interests as well. 
 
I like stuff that "just works" too, of course! 
 
Mike