Ah, ok. I didn't realize the old content was GFDL. 

----- "Chris Messina" <[email protected]> wrote: 
> I only inherited what was on the previous wiki. 

> 
I agree that CC-BY-SA is better and can go and change it. 

> 
The question is the balance between the old content, which was under the GFDL 
and the new content. 

> 
I didn't migrate over all the content, and some of it was sufficiently changed 
that it seems like applying a new license (CC-BY-SA) should be fine -- and in 
keeping with the spirit of the prior license. 

> 
Can we go ahead and make that change or do we need to contact all contributors 
and get their permission? 

> 
Chris 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 1:53 PM, David Recordon < [email protected] > wrote: 
> 



> 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. 
> 
> As an aside, how are we just relicensing exisiting content that was 
> contributed under no license? 
> 
> --David 


> 
> 
> ----- "Chris Messina" < [email protected] > wrote: 
> > 
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Nat Sakimura < [email protected] > 
> > wrote: 
> > 


> > 

> > 
> 


> > 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. 

> > The original Wiki site had GFDL. People should have agreed to GFDL when 
> > they posted. 
> > The current one has not such provision, and that is a problem. 

> > 
I've added the GFDL license to the new wiki's sidebar. We can change it later 
if we need to. 

> > 
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. 

> > 



> > 

> > As to which CC license we should pick, I would promote 
> > 
> > CC BY-SA-NC 
> > 
> > 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? 
> > 

> > That seems unlikely (publishing a book of the wiki for profit). It's 
> > conceivable, but unlikely. 

> > 
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. 

> > 
Chris 

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