[arch-general] Licensing of Arch Wiki content

[Ananda Samaddar]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:53:04 -0400
Loui Chang <louipc.ist at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed 30 Jun 2010 00:15 +0100, Ananda Samaddar wrote:
> > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:56:39 -0500
> > Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > Not really, I'm wanting to adapt a Gentoo document to Arch's needs.
> > This document is CC by SA attribution licensed.  The whole Wiki
> > article would have to be under the same license and not the GFDL.
> > The CC and GFDL licenses are not compatible. Would it be ok to add
> > a footer paragraph to the Wiki article stating that the WHOLE
> > article is CC licensed and to disregard the GFDL footer at the
> > bottom? This would only be for new Wiki articles. I am not
> > proposing re-licensing existing Wiki articles.
> 
> Just do it.
> 

OK I will do.  Anyone who objects to this should say so now.

Ananda
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