[Foundation-l] Licensing update roll-out

Erik Moeller erik at wikimedia.org
Thu Jun 18 17:19:40 UTC 2009


2009/6/18 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
> That seems reasonable to me, but I would say "alternative terms"
> rather than "additional terms". Additional terms suggests you have to
> follow them in addition to the CC ones, which isn't the case.

The logic behind "additional" is that the phrase says "text is under
..", but the re-user may also want to copy any embedded media in the
page. So it's an attempt to address both the issue of separate media
licensing and alternative licensing options in a single phrase. :-)

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