Open Source Content License (OSCL) - Other/Miscellaneous licenses

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Tue Apr 1 23:14:52 UTC 2008


Bruce Perens wrote:

 > The Wikipedia finally had to work out a
> migration plan with FSF so that they could switch to a Creative Commons 
> license. See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:License_update

Thing is, Wikimedia doesn't own the Wikipedia content either.  I agreed 
to license my contributions to Wikipedia under the GFDL, not CC.  So 
unless a future version of the GFDL itself specifies CC, that transition 
is not going to happen.

Matt Flaschen



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