> Hello, > > The relicensing process is underway. This means we have only 2 months > to help GFDL wikis that want Wikipedia compatibility to follow suit. > The clause that allows GFDL wikis to be relicensed to CC-BY-SA 3 > expires on August 1 of this year. > > I am crossposting this from the licensing thread on foundation-l > because it is important and time sensitive. > > While the intent behind the August 1 sunset clause provision was to > "offer[] all wiki maintainers ample time to make their decision", this > has not yet worked out in practice. Many GFDL-licensed wiki > maintainers haven't looked at GFDL 1.3, aren't fully aware of > Wikipedia's decision to relicense, and have no idea there are hard > deadlines involved; nor have they though through the implications for > their current contributions to / reuse of Wikipedia. (I myself had > plans to organize an import of Medpedia content into WP before > realizing that this is not possible unless they choose to relicense -- > even though as of today both are GFDL wikis.) > > Please help add to the list and contact those that you know: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GFDL_relicensing
So what does another wiki which uses Wikipedia material or sometimes imports material to Wikipedia have to do to accomplish relicensing? Fred Bauder _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l