Dušan, please see https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/4.0_upgrade_guidelines
> Upgrading from prior versions to 4.0 > > * New content: > > ** Who will own the rights? > *** If the publisher, then can simply apply 4.0 as specified above. > *** If the contributors, then need need to require they license under 4.0 via > terms of use or other agreement. > > *Existing content: > > ** Who owns the rights? > > *** If the publisher, then can relicense under 4.0 as specified above. > *** If the contributors, then need permission to relicense. Without > permission (via terms of use or otherwise), then that content remains under > prior version. The Terms of Use now require contributors to assent to the relicensing, as I understand the situation. Perhaps the lawyers can explain whether and how that is copacetic for contributions prior to the ToU changes, by those who have left or died? -LW On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 5:56 AM Dušan Kreheľ <dusankre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would like inform about the report a violation of the CC BY-SA 3.0 > license in projects[1] of the WMF Foundation[2]. This state was > created by the process of changing the license from CC BY-SA 3.0 to CC > BY-SA 4.0. The violation report is available at: > https://krehel.sk/Porusovanie_CC_BY-SA_3.0/ > > Dušan Kreheľ > > P.S.: The report was reported to le...@wikimedia.org. > > 2023-06-08 22:51 GMT+02:00, Jacob Rogers <jrog...@wikimedia.org>: > > Hi everyone, > > > > This announcement is to confirm that the Wikimedia Terms of Use[1] have > > been updated effective June 7. This follows the end of the spring > > consultation[2] held between February and April, and approvals recorded by > > the Executive Director and General Counsel[3] per the delegation of > > policy-making authority from the Foundation Board of Trustees.[4] > > > > As part of this update, we are also happy to announce that the project > > license has been upgraded to CC BY-SA 4.0[5]! Technical work has already > > started on this change. > > > > I’d like to extend one last thank you to everyone who participated in the > > conversation to help us complete this update to serve the community and the > > projects going forward! > > > > Best, > > > > Jacob > > > > [1]: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use > > > > [2]: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Legal_department/2023_ToU_updates > > > > [3]: > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Policy_talk:Terms_of_Use&diff=prev&oldid=260916 > > and > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Policy_talk:Terms_of_Use&diff=prev&oldid=261297 > > > > > > [4] > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Delegation_of_policy-making_authority > > > > [5] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ > > > > -- > > Jacob Rogers > > Associate General Counsel > > Wikimedia Foundation > > Pronouns: He/him > > > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged > > information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please > > delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the > > Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice > > to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff > > members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see > > our legal disclaimer > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/AYVER3JDHFN3T6XWAOKVQWEKYPFKTMLM/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/Z7ZBA34DN5YDOXBTWPY6MTQERMHXCMIA/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
