Talk:Biblical Studies/Christianity/Roman Catholicism

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Just began work on it--keep adding! JBogdan 03:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal to make this book no rights reserved

As the principal editor so far, I propose to make this book no rights reserved. Since several other people have edited it, it will either be necessary to get the other editors' OK's or to not use their additions. Hopefully I can get the OK from the admins. JBogdan 15:47, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

For now, I will just revert the book back to what it was before users other than myself edited it. The edits by the other users ARE good, and will be reverted back once I complete my tasks with the book at the end of the night (unless I manage to write enough that it is not necessary). JBogdan 17:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JBogdan's correspondence with Whiteknight

Can I have a more "free" license used for a book, such as by attribution or no rights reserved? Please let me know on my talk page--I could not find how to do it in the policy pages. JBogdan 15:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

All content on wikibooks is licensed under the GFDL. This is expressly stated on the "edit" screen, and clicking the "save page" button shows acceptance of that license. Now, I see that you have specifically used the {{User PD}} template on your user page, so all contributions by you are released into the public domain. However, contributions by other users may not be. I don't think there is any way to expressly state that an entire book will be released under a different license, because the contributions of other editors might not be under other licenses. If you do not like the GDFL for whatever reason, you may be forced to contribute to another website. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 21:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Can I set up a template at the top of the page that says the individual book is under a more "free" license? JBogdan 21:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

You can, if you want, try to make a banner that says your book is to be licensed under a different license. I am not particularly knowledgable in this subject, so you you want to try something like this, I would ask User:Robert Horning, because he knows this topic pretty well. What are your reasons, if i may ask, for your insistance that your book not be released under the GFDL? It's not a particularly restrictive license. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 00:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

On Wikipedia there have apparently been proposals to use less restrictive licensing for articles about governments. My thought was to do it with the books I both start and to which I substantially contribute. I just made a template that might work well for the matter: Template:Public Domain. The book I wanted to add it to was Roman Catholicism. I was the original creator of the book and the principal contributor so far. Today I set up the article so that the only contributions are mine and anything from the addition of the template onward will be public domain. Since I go to bed in about an hour, if there is something incorrect with the template or it should not be on the book or something is wrong with the book, feel free to fix it, as I will probably not be on again until next Sunday at the earliest. JBogdan 03:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

So, for now, I will add the public domain template. All the contributions of other editors previous to this tag are still licensed under the GDFL and are unaffected, as they were not used in the present article on account of the revert. If the admins do not like this or the users do not, just fix it--I go to bed soon and will not be back until at least next Sunday. JBogdan 03:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Just to let you know, we've been discussing this issue, and it really isn't possible to release this book into the public domain here on wikibooks. You may release your own personal contributions into the public domain, but you cannot force future contributors to do the same. The best thing to do if you are interested in a less restrictive copyright scheme is to make it clear that your personal contributions are released with no rights reserved. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 01:25, 1 November 2007 (UTC)