[Wikisource-l] CC-by 2.5 and GFDL compatibility

Erik Moeller eloquence at gmail.com
Fri May 12 22:22:18 UTC 2006


On 5/12/06, Amgine <amgine.saewyc at gmail.com> wrote:
> The CC-by 2.5 license allows content which is created under it to be
> relicensed under another free license which meets its minimums.
>
> The GFDL meets these minimums, but does not allow content created under
> it to be relicensed.

The argument is that the right of the licensor to request removal of
attribution is not covered by the GFDL, hence that the GFDL does not
meet the minimums of CC-BY.

Erik



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