A question about wikis and copyright came through my email inbox this week, and I thought I’d share it with my readers. It’s a good question and a common misconception of wikis is that all content is always liberated once it’s put on a wiki. Not so, and here is additional explanation. Q: A colleague […]
Choosing a license for sharing documentation content
I received this set of questions from Laura Ferrar after a Central Texas DITA User Group meeting this summer, and I have been thinking about these for a few months. These are good questions. I’ll try to answer them to the best of my knowledge, but I do think I should lead with the disclaimer […]
Creative Commons is so cool
The two photos on my book cover are licensed with the Share-Alike and Attribution Creative Commons license, which means that as long as the book cover created with those photos is also shared for others to adapt, we can use the photos by attributing the source of the photo – and the photographer. Last night […]