Forum:Creative Commons for wiki licenses?

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Can new wikis make their content licensed under the Creative Commons, particularly CC-BY-2.5-CA (Creative Commons Attribution License 2.5, Canada)? I'm the only contributor to the Canada's Wonderland wiki so far (I'm trying to give it a basis, before attracting a community) and I really think it's a better license in the long run. There doesn't seem to be any answer to previous inquiries. -- CWikister 17:12, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Before further discussion, I would advise everyone to read Forum:Why is "wikia.com" using GFDL? Only because of copying from Wikipedia? Or are there other reasons?. This has been discussed before. --Michaeldsuarez ^{(Talk) (Deeds)} 18:36, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay, understandable that CC-NC licenses aren't allowed, those would defeat the whole mission of free content. But Creative Commons is a whole lot less clunky than the GFDL, ie you don't have to print a whole three page license document when reproducing the content. -- CWikister 20:49, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

The new version of the GFDL allows migration to a Creative Commons license, so that's something we're currently looking into. See this FAQ for more info. Angela (talk) 21:14, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I did hear of that. But if Wikia can at least consider letting the creators of new wikis choose a Creative Commons alternative, that would be great. -- CWikister 01:30, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

What does everyone think of the Creative Commons Attributions Share Alike 3.0 license? It ensures that our work requires attribution, and it's protective. It's what I would recommend. --Michaeldsuarez ^{(Talk) (Deeds)} 22:21, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. I'm open to any Commons license that doesn't have an NC clause. -- CWikister 01:30, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Can someone read all thoses legal things and put here a "résumé" of the diffrences between the two (GFDL and CC without NC clause) ? — TulipVorlax 06:45, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

They're compared on the "Freedom Defined" website, here. (The table includes a lot of more obscure ones, too.) I've extracted the relevant ones here. -- CWikister 15:42, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

License	Intended scope	Copyleft	Practical modifiability	Attribution	Related rights	Access control prohibition	Worldwide applicability
Creative Commons Attribution	Generic	no	no	Copyright notice	no	yes	National adaptations
Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike	Generic	Normal	no	Copyright notice	no	yes	National adaptations
GNU Free Documentation License	Documentation	Normal	yes	yes	no	yes	Same license (English version)

Ok i've putted a bookmark on my desktop to read the page later. Thanks. — TulipVorlax 02:58, 17 November 2008 (UTC)