[arch-general] Licensing of Arch Wiki content

[Loui Chang]

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.