Wikipedia Launches Creative Commons License

Wikipedia articles will now be provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license. This decision was made by the board of attorneys of the Wikimedia Foundation based on the results of the Wikipedia community’s vote. Of the 17,000 who participated in the vote, 88% expressed support for a new license. Previously, Wikipedia articles were provided under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). CC-BY-SA has several advantages over GFDL, in particular, it does not require distribution of the full text of the license along with the material used. The CC-BY-SA license allows using Wikipedia materials in any sources; however, when making any modifications to the materials, these modifications should also be available without restrictions.



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