What about a creative commons license for the docs?

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Some people may be shying away from using it without any posted license is
all.

A.

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Matt Mullenweg <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 8/16/2011 4:09 AM, Otto wrote:
>
>> I would guess no, because the GPL isn't suitable for documentation for
>> various reasons.
>>
>> However, I do not know for sure what license it is available under.
>>
>
> Historically we've said Codex + WP.org documentation is available under GPL
> even though it's not well-suited for content because the GFDL is
> incompatible with the GPL, so for embedding documentation in code and such
> it's easier for them just to be "the same thing."
>
> As for Learn, it's a WP.com-specific thing but the content and images are
> available under GPL or whatever license you guys would like if you'd like to
> adapt it for .org, it's meant to be shared. :)
>
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