[Licom-l] GFDL 1.2

Sat Jun 13 16:36:34 UTC 2009

Here's the discussion on commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Licenses#Phasing_out_GFDL_from_the_upload_form

And here's the one on en.wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Licenses#Phasing_out_GFDL_from_the_upload_form

Ryan Kaldari

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Andrew Leung<andrewcleung at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I couldn't find the links or the page. Can you provide the pointer?
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> Andrew
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> "Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up."
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>> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:09:55 -0500
>> From: kaldari at gmail.com
>> To: licom-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Licom-l] GFDL 1.2
>>
>> I think a header announcement on Commons is a great idea. BTW, the
>> proposal to phase out GFDL from the Commons upload menu has received
>> unanimous support (although only 7 people bothered to express an
>> opinion even after it was advertised on the Village Pump). Unless the
>> consensus there changes, I'm planning on removing most of the GFDL
>> options from the upload menu on the 15th.
>>
>> Ryan Kaldari
>>
>> On 6/11/09, Andrew Leung <andrewcleung at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > For whatever reason, the contents of my previous email apparently didn't
>> > go
>> > through.
>> >
>> > I suggest the least intrusive method would be putting a header
>> > announcements
>> > on Commons. It points to a page that explains the current situation and
>> > urges those who are using GFDL-1.2 only to switch over to GFDL-1.3 or
>> > later.
>> > If even 1 image out of the 14,000+ out there switched over, that's
>> > already 1
>> > less image to deal with and a net-gain for everyone.
>> >
>> > Andrew
>> > "Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up."
>> >
>> >
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