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title="Wikipedia:Licensing update">licensing update</a> will move Wikipedia from licensed under the <a href="/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License">GFDL</a> to dual licensed under GFDL plus <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons" title="Creative Commons">Creative Commons</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>. </p><p>As a part of this transition, any images licensed under the GFDL and meeting certain conditions described below may also be dual licensed. This will be accomplished in several waves. Initially, an announcement template will be added to each GFDL tag highlighting this change and linking to this page to explain the conditions. Following this, all existing GFDL images will be sorted both by bots and by humans to separate the ones we can relicense from the ones we can't. It is hoped that of the 200,000 GFDL images on Wikipedia, approximately 90–95% can be sorted by automated processes, though we will still need your help in evaluating the remainder. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Media_file_relicensing_criteria" data-mw-thread-id="h-Media_file_relicensing_criteria"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Media_file_relicensing_criteria"></span>Media file relicensing criteria<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Media_file_relicensing_criteria"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Image_license_migration&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Media file relicensing criteria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To be eligible for relicensing, a file must meet the following conditions (set out in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html#section11">GFDL 1.3, section 11</a>): </p> <ol><li>Must be licensed under the <b>GFDL 1.3</b> (including e.g. "<i>GFDL 1.2 or any later version</i>", but not including "<i>GFDL 1.2 only"</i>).</li> <li>Must <b>not</b> be marked as having any "<b>cover texts</b>" or "<b>invariant sections</b>".</li> <li>Must have been uploaded to Wikipedia or to some other Wikimedia project <b>before August 1, 2009</b>.</li> <li>If first published under the GFDL <b>somewhere other than a Wikimedia project</b>, must have been uploaded to Wikipedia or to some other Wikimedia project <b>before November 1, 2008</b>.</li></ol> <p>Any file that meets these conditions may also be used under a <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons" title="Creative Commons">Creative Commons</a> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0">cc-by-sa-3.0</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> license as of June 15, 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Media_relicensing_process" data-mw-thread-id="h-Media_relicensing_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Media_relicensing_process"></span>Media relicensing process<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Media_relicensing_process"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Image_license_migration&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Media relicensing process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In order to manage the media relicensing process, the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:License_migration" title="Template:License migration">license migration</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template system was created and embedded at the end of each GFDL tag. In addition, the GFDL tags were modified to accept a single parameter in the form of "<code>migration=<b>keyword</b></code>" where <b><code>keyword</code></b> has one of the values described below and tells the license migration template what to do. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Parameters accepted by <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:License_migration" title="Template:License migration">license migration</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Parameter </th> <th scope="col">Function </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><code><b>Empty parameter</b></code><br/>(the default setting) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Template:License_migration_announcement" title="Template:License migration announcement">An announcement</a> is displayed indicating that the GFDL image may be relicensed if it meets the criteria described above. <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_license_migration_candidates" title="Category:Wikipedia license migration candidates">Category:Wikipedia license migration candidates</a> is added. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><code><b>relicense</b></code> </th> <td>If the image is definitively eligible for relicensing, add this keyword (e.g. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Gfdl" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Gfdl">gfdl</a>|migration=relicense}}</code>) to automatically append a <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0">cc-by-sa-3.0</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> tag after the GFDL tag. <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_license_migration_completed" title="Category:Wikipedia license migration completed">Category:Wikipedia license migration completed</a> is added. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><code><b>not-eligible</b></code> </th> <td>If the image is definitely not eligible for relicensing, add this keyword (e.g. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Gfdl" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Gfdl">gfdl</a>|migration=not-eligible}}</code>) to automatically mark the image as excluded and remove the announcement. <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_license_migration_not_eligible" title="Category:Wikipedia license migration not eligible">Category:Wikipedia license migration not eligible</a> is added. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><code><b>redundant</b></code> </th> <td>If the image already has a CC BY-3.0 or CC BY-SA-3.0 tag, use this to indicate that relicensing would be redundant. <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_license_migration_redundant" title="Category:Wikipedia license migration redundant">Category:Wikipedia license migration redundant</a> is added. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><code><b>needs-review</b></code> </th> <td>If you have looked at an image, and can't figure out whether it meets the criteria or not, use this keyword to flag it for further review. This will also be used by the review bot when it is unable to sort an image automatically. <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_license_migration_needs_review" title="Category:Wikipedia license migration needs review">Category:Wikipedia license migration needs review</a> is added. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><code><b>opt-out</b></code> </th> <td>This special category, described below, is for copyright holders who wish to exclude their image from relicensing. <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_license_migration_opt-out" title="Category:Wikipedia license migration opt-out">Category:Wikipedia license migration opt-out</a> is added. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: the migration parameter may also be passed through the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Self" title="Template:Self">self</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> multibox, e.g. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Self" title="Template:Self">self</a>|gfdl|cc-by-sa-3.0|migration=redundant}}</code>, and other GFDL templates such as <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Gfdl-self" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Gfdl-self">gfdl-self</a>|migration=relicense}}</code>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Copyright_holders" data-mw-thread-id="h-Copyright_holders-Media_relicensing_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Copyright_holders-Media_relicensing_process"></span>Copyright holders<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Copyright_holders-Media_relicensing_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Image_license_migration&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Copyright holders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>You are encouraged to dual license your content yourself. You can do this at any time either by: </p> <ul><li>adding a <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0">cc-by-sa-3.0</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> tag to the image description and changing the GFDL tag to <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Gfdl" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Gfdl">gfdl</a>|migration=redundant}}</code> <dl><dd>OR</dd></dl></li> <li>replacing the existing GFDL tag with <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Gfdl" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Gfdl">gfdl</a>|migration=relicense}}</code> which will automatically append a CC BY-SA tag immediately after the GFDL tag.</li></ul> <p>Note that even if you aren't the copyright holder, you are still welcome to evaluate images based on the criteria in the top section of this page and mark as relicensed where appropriate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_opt-out_provision" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_opt-out_provision-Media_relicensing_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_opt-out_provision-Media_relicensing_process"></span>The opt-out provision<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_opt-out_provision-Media_relicensing_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Image_license_migration&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The opt-out provision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Out of respect for a small group of Wikimedia contributors who are strongly opposed to relicensing, and in recognition that media files uploaded after August 1st, 2009 would be allowed to be GFDL-only, the Foundation is allowing copyright holders of GFDL media to opt-out of relicensing if they explicitly request it. This provision exists at the discretion of the local community which may impose restrictions upon it (such as time limits on when the request can be made), or even prohibit the opt-out option. If someone chooses this option, the CC BY-SA template will not be added. 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