[arch-general] Licensing of Arch Wiki content

[Aaron Griffin]

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.

Is this sufficient?