<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Given http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7876 it seems like CC-BY-SA is what the Wikimedia Foundation is working on moving to from the GFDL.<br><br>As an aside, how are we just relicensing exisiting content that was contributed under no license?<br><br>--David<br><br>----- "Chris Messina" <chris.messina@gmail.com> wrote:
<br>> <div class="gmail_quote">> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Nat Sakimura <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com" target="_blank">sakimura@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote">> <div><br>> </div><div class="Ih2E3d">> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>>
I see no problem in placing a CC license on the site and the wiki, though considering many people have contributed to the wiki I doubt we can just place a CC license on the existing content. I don't see a problem in placing a CC license on the site content given that we can contact the small group of people who wrote it and ask for their permission.</blockquote>
</div><div><br>> The original Wiki site had GFDL. People should have agreed to GFDL when they posted. <br>> The current one has not such provision, and that is a problem. </div></div></blockquote><div><br>> </div><div>I've added the GFDL license to the new wiki's sidebar. We can change it later if we need to.</div>
<div><br>> </div><div>We can also add a page describing the licensing terms for contributions to the wiki. Currently it does not seem like we'll be able to add a licensing checkbox for new members to agree to.</div><div>
<br>> </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote">> <div><br>> As to which CC license we should pick, I would promote <br>>
<br>> CC BY-SA-NC<br>> <br>> If they are publishing a book by reprinting wiki for profit, we should be able to collect some money to help the community. Any thought? <br>> </div></div></blockquote></div><div><br>> </div>That seems unlikely (publishing a book of the wiki for profit). It's conceivable, but unlikely.<div>
<br>> </div><div>I think CC BY-SA would be sufficient -- then at least whatever derivative works are created would need to be shared under the same license.</div><div><br>> </div><div>Chris <br clear="all"><br>> -- <br>> Chris Messina<br>>
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