https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18963
Summary: Improvments needed for Mediawiki licensing options
during setup
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Normal
Component: Installation
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
The initial setup screen currently provides the following licensing options:
* No license metadata
* Public domain
* GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 (Wikipedia-compatible)
* GNU Free Documentation License 1.3
* A Creative Commons license <with a selection script for which variant>
These options are not very complete and in light of the relicensing resolution
are going to be inaccurate as well.
The problems I would point out:
1) No option for "GFDL" without version number (which legally translates to
"any version" if no version is specified)
2) No option for GFDL with an "or later versions" clause. By specifying a
particular version without using the "or later" clause, the user is largely
locking themselves into that specific version indefinitely. Generally not
good.
2) No option is available for dual licensing, e.g. GFDL / CC-BY-SA like
Wikipedia will be.
3) "Wikipedia-compatible" will not be a fitting description once we move to
CC-BY-SA as our primary license and no longer allow the import of GFDL-only
text.
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