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From: |
Brett Smith |
Subject: |
www/licenses fdl-1.3-faq.html |
Date: |
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:25:30 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Brett Smith <brett> 08/11/03 19:25:30
Modified files:
licenses : fdl-1.3-faq.html
Log message:
Clarify that the Nov 1 deadline doesn't apply to new, Wiki-original
material.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/fdl-1.3-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.1&r2=1.2
Patches:
Index: fdl-1.3-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/fdl-1.3-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
--- fdl-1.3-faq.html 3 Nov 2008 15:19:40 -0000 1.1
+++ fdl-1.3-faq.html 3 Nov 2008 19:24:21 -0000 1.2
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@
<li><p>The work must not have any “Cover Texts” or
“Invariant Sections.” These are optional features in all
versions of the FDL.</p></li>
-<li><p>The work must have been added to a public wiki (or some other kind
-of web site where the general public could review and edit the
-materials) before November 1, 2008.</p></li>
+<li><p>If the work was originally published somewhere other than a
+public wiki, it must have been added to a wiki (or some other kind of
+web site where the general public could review and edit the materials)
+before November 1, 2008.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>All FDL-covered material added to Wikipedia before November 1, 2008
@@ -93,8 +94,9 @@
<dt>Q. What is the purpose of the two different dates in section 11? Why
did you choose those specific dates?</dt>
-<dd><p>A. Section 11 imposes two deadlines on licensees. First, you can only
-use works under CC-BY-SA 3.0 if they were added to a wiki before
+<dd><p>A. Section 11 imposes two deadlines on licensees. First, if a
+work was originally published somewhere other than a public wiki, you
+can only use it under CC-BY-SA 3.0 if it was added to a wiki before
November 1, 2008. We do not want to grant people this permission for
any and all works released under the FDL. We also do not want people
gaming the system by adding FDLed materials to a wiki, and then using
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/11/03 15:19:40 $
+$Date: 2008/11/03 19:24:21 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/licenses fdl-1.3-faq.html,
Brett Smith <=