[Foundation-l] : New Wikis Created! (Was: [Wikitech-l] New Wikimedia wikis)

geni geniice at gmail.com
Tue May 27 00:15:41 UTC 2008


2008/5/26 Jesse Plamondon-Willard <pathoschild at gmail.com>:
> Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can they be? Aren't there licensing concerns to be contended with? The
>> Incubator is just GFDL, the new wikis (if memory serves) are
>> GFDL+CC-by-SA.
>
> No, the content of the new wikis is dual-licensed from the date they
> leave the Incubator. Content that was created on the Incubator can
> remain GFDL-only. It's a mess, but at least it's a workable mess.

No it isn't because of the concept of derivative works. Wikis cannot
be meaningfully under more than 1 license.

-- 
geni



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