Shouldn't it just say exactly the same thing (or grammatically close to it) as the text on the submit button when people edit pages?

Brion Vibber wrote:

While we're on the subject of copyright notices, a little question about the copyright assertion on the upload page. Currently it reads:

[ ] I hereby affirm that this file is *not copyrighted*, or that I own the copyright for this file and donate it to Wikipedia.

Which has been questioned as ambiguous as to whether the *use* or the *copyright* of the file is being donated. A revised version was just checked into the code in the CVS repository which reads:

[ ] I hereby affirm that this file is *not copyrighted*, or that I own the copyright for this file and place it under GPL licence.

Now, I'm assuming that the "GPL" is a typo for "GFDL", which can be easily corrected before the change goes online. With that in mind, can we all agree that the new message is sufficiently clear and correct? If not, what ought it to say?

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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