Difference between revisions of "Interoperability between Creative Commons licenses and GFDL"
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Interoperability between [[CC-by-sa]] and [[GFDL]] has been requested by the Wikimedia Foundation board, which in late November 2007 passed a resolution: | Interoperability between [[CC-by-sa]] and [[GFDL]] has been requested by the Wikimedia Foundation board, which in late November 2007 passed a resolution: | ||
| − | :The Foundation requests that the GNU Free Documentation License be modified in the fashion proposed by the FSF to allow migration by mass collaborative projects to the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license. | + | :The Foundation requests that the GNU Free Documentation License be modified in the fashion proposed by the FSF to allow migration by mass collaborative projects to the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license. -- ''[http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7876 Progress on license interoperability with Wikipedia], Mike Linksvayer, Creative Commons blog, December 1st, 2007.'' |
''When is this actually happening?'' | ''When is this actually happening?'' | ||
== CC-by == | == CC-by == | ||
| − | It has been claimed that [[CC-by]] is one-way-compatible with GFDL, | + | It has been claimed that [[CC-by]] is one-way-compatible with GFDL, ([http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikinews-l/2005-September/000329.html <nowiki>[Wikinews-l]</nowiki> The Wikinews Licensure Poll is closed], Sep 2005) |
| + | , Sep 2005 meaning that CC-by content can be used in GFDL work, by not vice-versa. | ||
== Non-commercial licenses == | == Non-commercial licenses == | ||
Revision as of 00:54, 22 February 2008
Interoperability between CC-by-sa and GFDL has been requested by the Wikimedia Foundation board, which in late November 2007 passed a resolution:
- The Foundation requests that the GNU Free Documentation License be modified in the fashion proposed by the FSF to allow migration by mass collaborative projects to the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license. -- Progress on license interoperability with Wikipedia, Mike Linksvayer, Creative Commons blog, December 1st, 2007.
When is this actually happening?
CC-by
It has been claimed that CC-by is one-way-compatible with GFDL, ([Wikinews-l] The Wikinews Licensure Poll is closed, Sep 2005) , Sep 2005 meaning that CC-by content can be used in GFDL work, by not vice-versa.
Non-commercial licenses
No NC license can ever be compatible with GFDL.
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