[Foundation-l] Suggestions for GFDL-CC harmonization FAQ

[Michael Peel]

Mike,

Aside from the general "Why?" and "How will this affect <insert  
usergroup of Wikipedia here, e.g. editors/reusers/...>?", the  
foremost question in my mind is: Is the Wikimedia Foundation legally  
allowed to relicense the content created by its editors and other  
people without their explicit consent?

As I understand it (having started paying attention to this part way  
through the process), the answer is yes, as all editors (including  
authors of content imported into Wikipedia) agreed to the GFDL, which  
includes a clause saying that any version of the GFDL can be used,  
and GFDL v1.3 lets people relicense the content under CC licenses so  
long as that content was written prior to 2 November 2008. If that is  
correct (if not please correct me), then other questions would be:  
"Why CC-BY-SA?", "What about content written after 2 November 2008?",  
"Who is attribution given to under the BY part of CC-BY-SA?" and  
"Which version of CC-BY-SA will be chosen, and can this be modified/ 
updated later?"

Thanks,
Mike Peel

On 5 Nov 2008, at 22:54, Mike Godwin wrote:

>
> Dear folks,
>
> I'm going to try to develop an FAQ regarding the latest developments
> on the GFDL-Creative Commons harmonization project.  What I'd like
> from you is suggestions about what kinds of questions need to be
> answered for people who are planning to vote on the license-migration
> issue.  (Then I'll try to craft answers to them -- with the help of
> other folks of course.)  I'm not interested only in the questions that
> you may feel haven't been answered yet, but also in questions that you
> do have answers to, but think other people will be curious about as
> well.
>
> Please feel free to send responses to me via this list (your submitted
> questions may inspire other people to write some) or (if you like) to
> me via private e-mail.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
>
> --Mike Godwin
> General Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
>
>
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