Re: [Foundation-l] Decision on Creative Commons 3.0

Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons staff) and Jimbo Wales have left comments in favour of accepting Creative Commons 3.0 into our own commons, but ultimately the decision seems to be up to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, as no one else is willing (or able) to make a final decision. The issues have been discussed ad nauseam, and it's decision time. Please make one soon. Peter Halasz [[user:Pengo]] Discussion below copied from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Licensing#Creative_Commons_3… I invited Creative Commons staff member Mike Linksvayer to weigh in on the discussion of CC-3.0, and he's left comments. The conversation has again gone stale since then: [[Commons talk:Licensing/Creative Commons 3.0]]. When are we going to move towards allowing CC-3.0 licenses, and who makes the decision? Are we just going to ignore it while there are lingering doubts? For people who want to allow Wikipedia to use their material, it's enough trouble to explain that they have to use BY or BY-SA licenses, and not the others listed on creativecommons.org. But it's just going too far having to say "you need to hunt down an outdated creative commons license... one which isn't even listed at creativecommons.org". The 3.0 licenses create no new conditions which don't already exist in law. Let's take them on already. [those are my thoughts, not CC's] Pengo 05:39, 31 May 2007 (UTC) I think the real important question is "who makes the decision?" But yes, it seems to me that the don't accept them camp can always win by stalling. Meanwhile, more and more free content appears on the web under CC-3.0 that we can't use. --Selket 06:17, 31 May 2007 (UTC) _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l