Re: GFDL 1.3 released

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2008/11/3 Andrew Whitworth <[email protected]>:
>> 1) Should we update the text at [[b:WB:GFDL]] to use the new GFDL 1.3
>> text? Is it  good for us to stay up-to-date with the most recent text
>> of the license?
>
> There's no harm but also no immediate benefit in doing so. Anyone
> accessing the content can already use it under the terms of 1.3, since
> re-licensing within the FDL is not restricted to the original
> publishing entity.
>
> We'll implement a Wikimedia-wide change if implementing CC-BY-SA is
> approved by the community.

Thanks for the answers Erik! I knew you were the person to ask. I'll
probably upload the new version on a different page
([[b:Wikibooks:GFDL1.3]] for instance) so that the community is aware
of the issue and can talk intelligibly about it.

>> 2) Are we going to decide migration to CC-BY-SA on a per-project
>> basis, or is the WMF going to decide it as a whole?
>
> We'll do it as a whole by means of a community referendum later this
> month.. If the referendum fails, we may examine different options.

Okay, that's probably easier then trying to herd the cats at 'books
into ratifying another new policy change. Let's do things that way
instead!

--Andrew Whitworth