[Foundation-l] The license situation

[Michael Snow]

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
> Erik Moeller wrote:
>   
>>  If
>> WMF does not choose to re-license content on Wikimedia's sites to
>> CC-BY-SA, there are limitations in place in the current re-licensing
>> language to prevent others from doing so.
>>     
> I am sorry, I know I am certainly the last person who
> would have a right to grumble...
>
> But seriously, I am simply failing to parse that sentence;
> and somehow I suspect there is something significant
> behind it. Could someone forego the flip responses, and
> rephrase it in a fashion that would clarify the thinking
> behind that sentence?
>   
It means that the potential relicensing will be carefully circumscribed. 
It won't simply allow anyone to relicense GFDL content under CC-BY-SA 
anytime they want.

--Michael Snow