[arch-general] Licensing of Arch Wiki content

[Pierre Schmitz]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:56:39 -0500, Aaron Griffin
<aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Ananda Samaddar <ananda at samaddar.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:19:09 +0200
>>> Linas <linas_fi at ymail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I assume this ask to have GFDL & CC-BY-SA content coexist at the
>>>> wiki. The existing content can only be relicensed by its authors. The
>>>> GFDL 1.3 gateway
>>>> expired on August 1, 2009.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I really need an answer on this as soon as possible.  For new Wiki
>>> articles would it be OK to add a footer in the article stating that it
>>> is licensed under a CC license and not the GFDL?  Any official word on
>>> this please from the Arch wiki admins or developers.  If you're not
>>> willing to officially allow CC licenses could the 'override' paragraph
>>> I'm suggesting for new content only be all right?
>>
>> I honestly don't know who is going to reply to you. If you were to
>> just change the license I also don't think you'd have anyone come
>> after you anytime soon.
>>
>> Who is in charge of the wiki these days I'm not sure, but I'd try to
>> get someone's attention besides mine- maybe Pierre or Aaron would be
>> the right guys.
> 
> I was also waiting for someone more knowledgeable with regards to the wiki.
> 
> If it's my say-so you want, I don't see a problem with adding
> *additional* content under CC. But switching all *existing* content to
> CC might be a problem.

Maybe not. Wikipedia did the same; see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update

-- 
Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre