Fwd: [Wikinews-l] Licensure straw poll

Tue Aug 30 22:21:08 UTC 2005

I'm forwarding this to Wikipedia and Foundation-l since the poll could
potentially make Wikinews incompatible with Wikipedia or any of our
other projects. Currently, content from Wikinews can be used in
Wikipedia (though not the other way around). CC-BY-SA is not
compatible with the GNU FDL, so this would not longer be the case.

Earlier polls and discussion are at 

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
and
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License

Angela.

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From: Amgine <amgine at saewyc.net>
Date: Aug 30, 2005 11:57 PM
Subject: [Wikinews-l] Licensure straw poll
To: Wikinews mailing list <wikinews-l at wikimedia.org>

A poll is being held at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Licensure_Poll on whether or not
to adopt the CC-by-sa 2.5 licensure for the Wikinews project.

This licensure allows any use of the articles so long as attribution
credit is given to the Wikinews project and any derivations or further
developments are released under an identical licensure.

The poll was suggested by jwales, and is short so the board may have an
idea of how the community feels in time for their next meeting. Please
visit the poll and vote; comment on the discussion page
(http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Licensure_Poll).

Amgine
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