Rosetta Code talk:Copyrights: Difference between revisions
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: I don't think that GPL v3 qualifies as "more permissive" than the GFDL, in part due to the patent-related clauses, but I suppose I can re-word it as "dual-license", and strike the "less permissive" mention.
: And, yes, GFDL is inappropriate for source code. I very much wish I'd used a Creative Commons license for Rosetta Code when I created it, rather than GFDL, but I wasn't familiar with the incompatibilities of the GFDL and most uses of source code. I don't think I can switch the license now, unless I take advantage of the convert-to-CC window GNU added recently. --[[User:Short Circuit|Short Circuit]] 22:11, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
:: You can't, because the licensing condition is explicitly GFDL 1.2 (without the "or, at your option, a later version" clause). Since the relicensing window only applies to 1.3, AFAIU relicensing the site is not possible (unless each and every author explicitly agrees to the relicensing, of course).
:: Also note that the GFDL link at the end of the page is now wrong (it points to the current 1.3 license instead of the older 1.2 one). GFDL 1.2 is now at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html --[[User:Ce|Ce]] 14:55, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
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