Thanks to everyone for handling the process so cleanly, and with an abundance of good information.
Would it be possible to change the license switch to August 1 rather than June 15? I would like to point out the next major step, for which there is no time to lose : content compatibility with other GFDL sites will become impossible on August 1 -- after then, not only will we no longer be able to import materials currently under the GFDL (which will become impossible as soon as we decide to switch over licenses), but it will also no longer be possible for currently GFDL massively-collaborative sites to choose to make the same switchover that we are making (the GFDL provision is only valid until August 1). There are hundreds of educational sites with excellent material that have chosen their current GFDL license in order to be compatible with Wikipedia. Some of them will not be able to decide to switch licensing terms by August 1; others do not qualify for the license-switching option in the first place. We should make a serious devoted effort to reach all of them -- including informing readers about what is going on and how they can help preserve compatibility of license with their own sites. SJ On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Hay (Husky) <hus...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Michael Snow <wikipe...@verizon.net> wrote: >> In light of the vote results announced regarding the proposed licensing >> update, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has unanimously >> passed the following resolution: > Great news everybody. This is indeed an important day for free > culture. I also feel humbled by the fact that you choose my birthday > as the date for the transition ;) > > -- Hay > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l