Licensing update/Timeline/fa
The results are available here. Please be aware that pages need to be updated to reflect the result and that some information may be obsolete. In the meantime, viewing the LU timeline might be helpful. Help with translations is of continuing appreciation.
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Licensing update
Rough timeline to vote upon and possibly implement license update. Dates are rough.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 22, 2009 | All relevant wiki pages finalized CentralNotice text published for translation |
| March 23, 2009 | Translation effort of key pages and CentralNotice begins |
| April 7, 2009 | Translations finalized, voting software and authentication software completed |
| April 12, 2009 | Vote begins and is announced via CentralNotice |
| May 3, 2009 | Vote is closed and votes are tallied |
| May 16, 2009 | Result is shared by the license update committee with the Board of Trustees |
| May 21, 2009 | The license update committee announces the results publicly |
| May 21, 2009 | Resolution passed by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Start of June, 2009 | Any final revisions to the proposed terms are posted for comment. An initial proposal for procedures to deal with external content is released. A strategy for updating templates on affected media files is announced. |
| Late June, 2009 | After any final modifications, site-wide copyright statements and terms of use are updated on all English language wikis. Translation guidelines are issued and translations are begun for all non-English wikis. Affected media files are migrated as per above. |