[Licom-l] Mediawiki Licensing Options

[Ryan Kaldari]

It would probably be a good idea to file this as a Mediawiki bug:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/

I would suggest removing the GFDL options entirely (as they are not
appropriate licenses for media files and the issue of Wikipedia
compatibility is now moot).

Ryan Kaldari

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
> Currently the Mediawiki licensing options on a new Mediawiki install read:
>
> * No license metadata
> * Public domain
> * GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 (Wikipedia-compatible)
> * GNU Free Documentation License 1.3
> * A Creative Commons license <with a selection script>
>
> This is bad on several levels.  "Or later versions" isn't given as an
> option for the GFDL, nor is dual licensing.  The fact that GFDL-1.2 is
> explicitly labeled "Wikipedia-compatible" is also going to be a
> problem.
>
> This needs to be updated, though I worry that damage has already been
> done by locking some projects into GFDL-1.2.
>
> -Robert Rohde
>
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