For those who aren't on foundation-l, news has arrived that the GFDL 1.3 was released, containing the relicensing clause which could allow us to move to CC-by-sa-3.0 My general impression has been that we think this is a good thing, and we would discuss it if/when the option arrived. So, let's start thinking about this some more. I suggest reading the new bits of the license, the FAQ and perhaps reviewing some comments on foundation-l if you need background. I look forward to some fruitful discussion. -Mike ---- Mike.lifeguard mikelifeguard@fastmail.fm
This is excellent news, especially for those of us who have been wishing for license migration for some time now. We all obviously need to take some time to read over the new version of the license, but if it's everything we had hoped for, we should probably update 'books to use this new license instead of the old 1.2 version.
Maybe we should post a copy of the new license at [[b:Wikibooks:GFDL Version 1.3]] and open up a discussion on the wiki
--Andrew Whitworth
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Mike.lifeguard mikelifeguard@fastmail.fm wrote:
For those who aren't on foundation-l, news has arrived that the GFDL 1.3 was released, containing the relicensing clause which could allow us to move to CC-by-sa-3.0 My general impression has been that we think this is a good thing, and we would discuss it if/when the option arrived. So, let's start thinking about this some more. I suggest reading the new bits of the license, the FAQ and perhaps reviewing some comments on foundation-l if you need background. I look forward to some fruitful discussion.
-Mike
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Well, we should use the newest version regardless whether we want to take the relicensing route (which I think we do) -- someone should update [[WB:GFDL]].
-Mike
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:40:17 -0500, "Andrew Whitworth" wknight8111@gmail.com said:
This is excellent news, especially for those of us who have been wishing for license migration for some time now. We all obviously need to take some time to read over the new version of the license, but if it's everything we had hoped for, we should probably update 'books to use this new license instead of the old 1.2 version.
Maybe we should post a copy of the new license at [[b:Wikibooks:GFDL Version 1.3]] and open up a discussion on the wiki
--Andrew Whitworth
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Mike.lifeguard mikelifeguard@fastmail.fm wrote:
For those who aren't on foundation-l, news has arrived that the GFDL 1.3 was released, containing the relicensing clause which could allow us to move to CC-by-sa-3.0 My general impression has been that we think this is a good thing, and we would discuss it if/when the option arrived. So, let's start thinking about this some more. I suggest reading the new bits of the license, the FAQ and perhaps reviewing some comments on foundation-l if you need background. I look forward to some fruitful discussion.
-Mike
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---- Mike.lifeguard mikelifeguard@fastmail.fm
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Mike.lifeguard mikelifeguard@fastmail.fm wrote:
Well, we should use the newest version regardless whether we want to take the relicensing route (which I think we do) -- someone should update [[WB:GFDL]].
I'm sending this message to Erik too (I know he's subscribed to textbook-l, but I want to make certain he sees it).
Erik: For clarification, can you answer a few simple and practical questions:
1) Should we update the text at [[b:WB:GFDL]] to use the new GFDL 1.3 text? Is it good for us to stay up-to-date with the most recent text of the license? 2) Are we going to decide migration to CC-BY-SA on a per-project basis, or is the WMF going to decide it as a whole?
Thanks,
--Andrew Whitworth
2008/11/3 Andrew Whitworth wknight8111@gmail.com:
- Should we update the text at [[b:WB:GFDL]] to use the new GFDL 1.3
text? Is it good for us to stay up-to-date with the most recent text of the license?
There's no harm but also no immediate benefit in doing so. Anyone accessing the content can already use it under the terms of 1.3, since re-licensing within the FDL is not restricted to the original publishing entity.
We'll implement a Wikimedia-wide change if implementing CC-BY-SA is approved by the community.
- Are we going to decide migration to CC-BY-SA on a per-project
basis, or is the WMF going to decide it as a whole?
We'll do it as a whole by means of a community referendum later this month.. If the referendum fails, we may examine different options.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
2008/11/3 Andrew Whitworth wknight8111@gmail.com:
- Should we update the text at [[b:WB:GFDL]] to use the new GFDL 1.3
text? Is it good for us to stay up-to-date with the most recent text of the license?
There's no harm but also no immediate benefit in doing so. Anyone accessing the content can already use it under the terms of 1.3, since re-licensing within the FDL is not restricted to the original publishing entity.
We'll implement a Wikimedia-wide change if implementing CC-BY-SA is approved by the community.
Thanks for the answers Erik! I knew you were the person to ask. I'll probably upload the new version on a different page ([[b:Wikibooks:GFDL1.3]] for instance) so that the community is aware of the issue and can talk intelligibly about it.
- Are we going to decide migration to CC-BY-SA on a per-project
basis, or is the WMF going to decide it as a whole?
We'll do it as a whole by means of a community referendum later this month.. If the referendum fails, we may examine different options.
Okay, that's probably easier then trying to herd the cats at 'books into ratifying another new policy change. Let's do things that way instead!
--Andrew Whitworth
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