The FAQ for the new license notes specifically that Wikipedia is eligible. This clause has an expiration date sites can only choose to switch until August 2009. This new GFDL release provides a specific clause for any "Massive Multiauthor Collaboration Site", specifically any public wiki, that is currently licensed under the GFDL to relicense their content under the CC-BY-SA license if they desire, provided that the content was added to the wiki before November 1, 2008. This shift in licensing was not possible before the introduction of the GFDL version 1.3 in autumn 2008 by the Free Software Foundation. In this article, we cover the background of the proposal and arguments regarding it, in our ongoing coverage of this issue. In the coming weeks, community members will be asked to vote on the re-licensing proposal. Currently, all of the Wikimedia projects (with the exception of Wikinews) are only licensed under the GFDL. Licensing vote postponed February 8, 2009Īs the Signpost has previously reported, the Wikimedia Foundation is currently considering re-licensing Wikimedia material so it is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC-BY-SA), while retaining dual licensing with the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). Licensing committee formed March 16, 2009 Licensing vote results, resolution May 25, 2009Īn overview of the license update March 30, 2009
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