Re: [Lxde-list] Wiki content license

[Chris W. <chr...@ap...>]

An admin should be able to change the footer notice by adding a
*MediaWiki:Copyright
*page, I think. (That's how we do it on Appropedia.)

If that doesn't work, check
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRightsText - that might take
precedence.


On 27 December 2012 03:50, Geoffrey De Belie <com...@zo...>wrote:

> **
> Hi,
>
> The editing window is where the license makes clear on which conditions
> the text will be published onto the internet.
> It says GNU FDL 1.2, but the copyright page indeed mentions the fact that
> newer texts are released under CC BY-SA 3.0.
>
> I would say: everyone who contributed to LXDE Wiki please put your name
> here:
>
> http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE.org:Copyrights#Giving_permission_under_CC-BY-SA
>
> Just for clarity, please add your name too, Julius22.
>
> I changed the license text to CC BY-SA 3.0 after April 17, 2010:
> http://wiki.lxde.org/en/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning
>
> Kind regards,
> Geoffrey De Belie / Smile4ever
>
> ---- Aan Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:06:29 +0100 *Julius22<jul...@la...>*schreef ----
>
> Hi!
>
> I noticed a problem with the licenses on the wiki. It is indeed
> indicated (on each page even with a logo) that its license is the GNU
> FDL one. See http://wiki.lxde.org/fr/Accueil for instance (same thing
> on wikis in French in English, and I suppose for other languages). And,
> when you edit a page, a message indicates that lxde.org wiki
> contributions are published under the GNU FDL 1.2 license.
>
> But the http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE.org:Copyrights page indicates that
> pages created after April 17, 2010 are fully under CC BY-SA 3.0.
>
> So, what is right? And what about the content created since April
> 17, 2010? Is it under GNU FDL 1.2 as it is indicated one the page when
> you edit it or under CC BY-SA license as indicated on
> the http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE.org:Copyrights page?
>
> Julius22
>
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