[Licom-l] Updating site terms

[Brion Vibber]

El 5/26/09 10:46 AM, Erik Moeller escribió:
> As per the Board resolution, we should now begin planning for a
> systematic update of all relevant license terms in all projects in all
> languages. The texts aren't final yet; in particular, I'd like to
> resolve how to deal with externally imported content more clearly in
> the terms for the editing page. But, we should think about the steps
> that we need to take to update the terms.
>
> What I think we'll want to accomplish is the following:
>
> 1) Introduction of new system messages in English for all affected
> projects, overriding existing messages.
> 2) Community translation of these messages.

I've added a central Bugzilla entry to track any needed software- and 
site configuration-end work:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18990

with a few notes on the tech end of things:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/Projects/License_update

Ariel (User:Atglenn) has volunteered to help wrangle translators and 
folk as necessary. :)

-- brion

> I'm not sure how to best achieve 1) - do new system messages
> automatically override any local translations? If not, do we have to
> give the messages a new key, e.g. MediaWiki:Licensing(something)-new?
>
> I would suggest that we create a new MediaWiki message for detailed
> licensing terms: I think those have traditionally resided in the
> Project: namespace which isn't really the best place for them (they're
> intended to be highly official and not modified except where
> necessary).
>
> Regarding 2), because we can't monitor community translations
> effectively, I think we'll want to make sure that wherever there's a
> translation of licensing terms into another language, there's a link
> back to the English original. If we put this link in the message,
> people can remove it by editing it. Do we care? My assumption is that
> we will just trust people, and issue guidance that this link cannot be
> removed (and also state so in the actual page that's being linked to,
> and protect it).
>
> Thoughts?
>