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I'd love to contribute to Waihekepedia, but firstly i'd like a more concrete statement about what license my content would be covered by/under. This page: [[Waihekepedia:General disclaimer]] suggests that you're using the GFDL, but it also seems pretty much the stock page that comes with a MediaWiki install. Will content in Waihekepedia be licensed under the GFDL or could the community also consider using the the CC-By-SA license instead that is used by many similar projects, notably WikiTravel? Personally I think that the CC-BY-SA is more in line with this kind of project and it would be good to think/discuss this in a bit more detail first before too much content is entered. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 11:08, 31 August 2007 (NZST) | I'd love to contribute to Waihekepedia, but firstly i'd like a more concrete statement about what license my content would be covered by/under. This page: [[Waihekepedia:General disclaimer]] suggests that you're using the GFDL, but it also seems pretty much the stock page that comes with a MediaWiki install. Will content in Waihekepedia be licensed under the GFDL or could the community also consider using the the CC-By-SA license instead that is used by many similar projects, notably WikiTravel? Personally I think that the CC-BY-SA is more in line with this kind of project and it would be good to think/discuss this in a bit more detail first before too much content is entered. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 11:08, 31 August 2007 (NZST) | ||
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| + | Well Country Mike - we'll obviously have to educate ourselfs about the differences between the two licenses. | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License GFDL] | ||
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| + | CC by SA ? all I can find out is that it must be some variation of the Creative Commons license | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons Creative Commons] | ||
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| + | Can you help clarify this for everyone please ? | ||
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I'd love to contribute to Waihekepedia, but firstly i'd like a more concrete statement about what license my content would be covered by/under. This page: Waihekepedia:General disclaimer suggests that you're using the GFDL, but it also seems pretty much the stock page that comes with a MediaWiki install. Will content in Waihekepedia be licensed under the GFDL or could the community also consider using the the CC-By-SA license instead that is used by many similar projects, notably WikiTravel? Personally I think that the CC-BY-SA is more in line with this kind of project and it would be good to think/discuss this in a bit more detail first before too much content is entered. Countrymike 11:08, 31 August 2007 (NZST)
Well Country Mike - we'll obviously have to educate ourselfs about the differences between the two licenses.
CC by SA ? all I can find out is that it must be some variation of the Creative Commons license
Can you help clarify this for everyone please ?