CC by-sa and GFDL
Jeremy
jeremy at linuxquestions.org
Tue Sep 21 19:03:50 EDT 2004
Hello,
I am the admin of the LQ Wiki (http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/),
which allows users to collaboratively build a free, complete and
up-to-date Linux knowledgebase and aims to become the largest
general-knowledge Linux repository on the web. We chose the CC by-sa
license as it was simple and allowed for the easy redistribution of single
articles. We am now running into the fact that much Linux related content
is under the GFDL. We have been somewhat successful in getting authors to
relicense some content, but that is not really a solution that scales. We
are considering adding the ability to license an LQ Wiki article under
either the CC by-sa *or* the GFDL, but that greatly complicates the setup,
could mean a considerable duplication of effort due to some articles
existing under both licenses and it would mean the entire contents of the
wiki would not be redistributable in its entirety. I was wondering if
anyone had any suggestions or comments on this situation. Does having
both licenses as an option seem like a viable solution? I have also heard
rumors of the FSF and the Creative Commons attempting to make at least
some CC licenses (and by-sa seems like a good candidate) and the GFDL
compatible. This would really be the ideal solution. Has anyone heard
anything further about this? Thanks.
--jeremy
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