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GFDL 1.3: Wikipedia's exit permit

GFDL 1.3: Wikipedia's exit permit

Posted Nov 10, 2008 15:13 UTC (Mon) by njwhite (guest, #51848)
Parent article: GFDL 1.3: Wikipedia's exit permit

I don't see why the FSF is doing this - why aren't they focusing on getting the FDL 2.0, and more importantly the SFDL (Simpler FDL) done? As far as I can see the SFDL should resolve all of the problems the wikipedia folks have with the current FDL; why add some ugly clause allowing them to change to a CC license when they could just get a license everyone agrees on out the door under the rubric of the FSF?

Or am I misunderstanding something here?

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GFDL 1.3: Wikipedia's exit permit

Posted Nov 13, 2008 15:19 UTC (Thu) by pboddie (guest, #50784) [Link]

I'd also like to see progress with the SFDL. I made comments on that draft during the period when the GPLv3 was also being reviewed, and the SFDL seems like a real opportunity to have a simple, rigourous, copyleft licence for all kinds of content, not just documentation.

GFDL 1.3: Wikipedia's exit permit

Posted Nov 13, 2008 16:49 UTC (Thu) by anton (subscriber, #25547) [Link]

As far as I can see the SFDL should resolve all of the problems the wikipedia folks have with the current FDL
I did not follow this closely, but my impression (from the GFDL 1.3 release announcement) was that Wikipedia wants to incorporate existing CC-BY-SA-licensed stuff, and GFDL 1.3 was designed to enable this.


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