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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