2009/7/25 Chris Watkins <[email protected]>: > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 09:28, PCMan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The problem is, we don't have the rights to relicense others' work. >> However, it's impossible to contact all the people who had ever edited our >> wiki. >> So how to do it legally? > > Actually, the FSF has solved this problem. The licenses (GFDL as well as CC) > specify that content can be reused under that license or a compatible one. > > Usually they are not compatible, but in this case they are, because after > long negotiations between FSF, CC and the Wikimedia Foundation, FSF released > GFDL 1.3 which has a special provision (section 11 of the license) allowing > work on a wiki it to be relicensed as CC-BY-SA 3.0, as long as it is done by > the end of July. > > This section specifies that the site operator can do it. So, just as you can > upgrade from GFDL 1.2 to 1.3, you can also relicense as CC-BY-SA 3.0 (under > these terms, before this time limit is up). > > Chris Not really. Quote GFDL 1.2: Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number. If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or of any later version that has been published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation.
You can choose other versions of the license if the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this License "or any later version". However, we only specifeid GFDL 1.2 in our wiki, not "1.2 or later version". So, application of GFDL 1.3 is not a legal option. Hence migration to CC-by-SA is impossible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
