From 139906b3c73525fef84985a27b19a6376f802113 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roan Kattouw Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 00:36:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Recommend CC-BY-SA 4.0 for documentation --- index.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.md b/index.md index 7f96e0c..c015cf7 100644 --- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -1168,7 +1168,8 @@ This section covers topics related to open source. * In addition to the software being open source, project documentation should be openly licensed. This includes things like design documents, installation and setup documents, user manuals, and testing documents. - [TODO: recommend particular licenses for documentation?] + The recommended license for documentation is the Creative Commons + Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license ([CC-BY-SA 4.0][cc-by-sa]). * [TODO: provide recommendations related to managing community feedback and contributions during project development. Also think about whether @@ -1254,6 +1255,7 @@ This section covers topics related to open source. [bos-ordinance-vstf]: files/BOS_Ordinance_268-08_VSTF.pdf [bos-open-source-voting-res]: files/BOS_Resolution_460-14_Open_Source_Voting.pdf [cavo]: http://www.cavo-us.org/index.html +[cc-by-sa]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ [cla]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement [colorado-rla-home]: http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/elections/corla/ [colorado-rla-repo]: https://github.com/FreeAndFair/ColoradoRLA -- 2.7.4