[Licom-l] Transition cut off date

Sat Jun 13 02:59:01 UTC 2009

I agree w/ Ryan that we can continue to re-license new eligible files,
but from a WMF point of view, it's optional. I just hope that the GFDL
option won't be among the recommended ones for Commons users. :-)

Erik

2009/6/12 Ryan Kaldari <kaldari at gmail.com>:
> I don't see a problem with migrating new files up to the August
> cut-off. Since we're allowing people to opt-out, theoretically anyone
> unhappy with the migration can just revert it at any time (even after
> August 1). Even if that gets us only a handful of extra non GFDL-only
> images, it will be worth it, IMO.
>
> Ryan Kaldari
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Robert Rohde<rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The party begin on the 15th, but we have till Aug. 1st to get things in order.
>>
>> What should we do about media files uploaded under the GFDL between
>> these two dates?
>>
>> Personally I think it would be less trouble to set June 15th as a hard
>> cut-off for media files, so that we aren't working with a moving
>> target. However I can see an argument for continuing to transition new
>> uploads all the way up to the cut off.
>>
>> Other thoughts?
>>
>> -Robert Rohde
>>
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