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What were the challenges for the migration? Do the Wikipedia editors and authors transfer their works to Wikimedia when they publish it and so wikimedia can cha
by aflag 3y ago
What were the challenges for the migration? Do the Wikipedia editors and authors transfer their works to Wikimedia when they publish it and so wikimedia can change the license as it pleases? If so, was the main difficulty just convincing the executives it was a good idea?
- colejohnson66 3y agoThe TOU says the authors still hold the copyright to their contributions, but now says it must be licensed to Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 or later (instead of 3.0 or later). From [0]: > 7(h): Modifications or additions to material that you reuse: When modifying or making additions to text that you have obtained from a Project Website, you agree to license the modified or added content under CC BY-SA 4.0 or later (or, as explained above, another license when exceptionally required by the specific Project edition or feature). > ... The previous version[1] said the same, but called out CC BY-SA 3.0 or later: > 7(h): Modifications or additions to material that you re-use: When modifying or making additions to text that you have obtained from a Project website, you agree to license the modified or added content under CC BY-SA 3.0 or later (or, as explained above, another license when exceptionally required by the specific Project edition or feature). > ... [0]: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use [1]: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Policy:Terms_of_Use&oldid=240859 https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Policy:Te...
- akolbe 3y agoOne reason why the move was delayed for so long is the sui-generis database rights contained in 4.0. See Jimmy Wales answer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpof5J6jjZ4&t=3738s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpof5J6jjZ4&t=3738s The solution adopted was to include a waiver in the Wikimedia Terms of Use: Where you own Sui Generis Database Rights covered by CC BY-SA 4.0, you waive these rights. As an example, this means facts you contribute to the projects may be reused freely without attribution. https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use