MatthewCaseres
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3 years ago I talked to Mustaque about my notes for Secure Computer Systems, he checked with GA Tech, and he has given permission for me to host the repository that I referenced in the issue. GA Tech took the position that it is up to professors if they want to claim and enforce rights on their course materials, there are no issues with this repository.
The question about communicating rights to the user likely belongs in the main repository as that is where the application source code is.
On the home page of omscs-notes I see a copyright notice that says "all rights reserved", but the repositories associated with the website are licensed MIT. Would it be more relevant to inform the user that the content is licensed under MIT so that they are aware of the permissions granted? What rights are you reserving that the user would otherwise have?
Here is a StackOverflow post I found about combining "all rights reserved" with MIT. A somewhat different use, the "all rights reserved" term is within the license in the post.
I believe the Georgia Tech professors that created the courses from which these materials are derived would be the owners of the copyright. One option might be to contact them and ask if they would be willing to license the work to you, or if they would release it to the public under a Creative Commmons license that allows commercial use.
I have always learned better from text content than from audio/visual and these kinds of things are a lifesaver for me. I think this product needs to exist, but I think there is some uncertainty in the continued existence/usefulness of the product. For these notes to remain available and relevant over the next 100 years some form of involvement in an official capacity from GA Tech will be useful.
Update: Asked on Piazza about the appropriate license for this repo - https://github.com/MatthewCaseres/secure-computer-systems, Prof. Mustaque is checking with GA Tech.