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  • From: Evan Prodromou <evan AT prodromou.name>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Relicense 2.5 to 3.0
  • Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:04:55 -0400

On Fri, 2007-06-07 at 16:06 -0500, Terry Hancock wrote:
> Lode Claassen wrote:
> > We have a wiki under the by-nc-sa 2.5 license. Now the 3.0 license is
> > out, is it possible (and legal of course) to relicense the while wiki
> > under the by-nc-sa 3.0? Do we need to ask every contributor for this?
> > Greetings, Lode
>
> It should be -- the CC licenses after 2.0 include an update permission
> clause, so I think you'd just be exercising that clause.

Are you talking about the clause that lets users of *-SA-licenced works
licence derivative works under a later version of the licence?

I don't think you can automatically relicence the entire wiki, unless
you use language in your terms to allow it.

-Evan

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