Hi,

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Benjamin Pineau ben.pineau@gmail.com wrote:

Per http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Licence_de_documentation_libre_G... (the page linked on every article's footers) : « Vous trouverez ci-dessous le texte officiel (en anglais) de la licence de documentation libre GNU (ou GFDL) version 1.2. Tous les textes disponibles sur Wikipédia sont distribués sous les termes de cette licence. » Which means, very roughly : " Here is the official text (in English) of the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2. All texts available on Wikipédia are distributed under this license".

So unfortunately, I guess we're strictly 1.2 (without "or later" clause).

I don't think so. Take a look at the history: this rather seems like a bad wording coming from several edits by users who didn't know what their wording was meaning legally.

In any case, the copyright notice at the bottom of every page clearly reads : « Tous les textes sont disponibles sous les termes de la licence de documentation libre GNU (GFDL). » i.e. « All texts are available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). » No version is specified.

Furthermore, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning clearly states: « En sauvegardant, vous placez votre contribution sous la GNU Free Documentation License » i.e. « By saving this page, you release your contribution under the GNU Free Documentation License ». Again, no version is specified.

I reworded http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Licence_de_documentation_libre_G... to avoid this ambiguous wording (and I suggest other fr: projects check their wording of this page as well).