The licensing update proposal [1] to dual license all Wikimedia Foundation wikis under both the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) and the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA) is moving into its final phase. This proposal has been put forward by the Foundation and made possible by recent changes in the GFDL. Adopting the new licensing scheme is contingent on community approval. In several days a site notice for all editors will announce the start of three weeks of community voting on this proposal. In the mean time we would invite you to visit the update proposal and its associated FAQ [2] if you want to learn more. We would also appreciate your help finishing the translation effort [3] for the core documents associated with this process.
-Robert Rohde
For the Licensing Update Committee [4].
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update/Questions_and_Answers [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update/Translation [4] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update_committee