WikiQueer:Image license migration

The licensing update will move WikiQueer from licensed under the GFDL to dual licensed under GFDL plus Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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 most GFDL images on WikiQueer can be sorted by automated processes, though we will still need your help in evaluating the remainder.

Media file relicensing criteria
To be eligible for relicensing, a file must meet the following conditions (set out in GFDL 1.3, section 11):


 * 1) Must be licensed under the GFDL 1.3 (including e.g. "GFDL 1.2 or any later version", but not including "GFDL 1.2 only").
 * 2) Must not be marked as having any "cover texts" or "invariant sections".
 * 3) Must have been uploaded to a Wikimedia project before August 1, 2009.
 * 4) If first published under the GFDL somewhere other than a Wikimedia project, must have been uploaded to a Wikimedia project before November 1, 2008.

Any file that meets these conditions may also be used under a Creative Commons cc-by-sa-3.0 license.

Media relicensing process
In order to manage the media relicensing process, the license migration 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 "migration=keyword" where keyword has one of the values described below and tells the license migration template what to do.

Note: the migration parameter may also be passed through the self multibox, e.g., and other GFDL templates such as gfdl-self.

Copyright holders
You are encouraged to dual license your content yourself. You can do this at any time either by:
 * adding a cc-by-sa-3.0 tag to the image description and changing the GFDL tag to gfdl
 * OR
 * replacing the existing GFDL tag with gfdl which will automatically append a CC-BY-SA tag immediately after the GFDL tag.

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.

The opt-out provision
Out of respect for anyone strongly opposed to relicensing, copyright holders of GFDL media may opt-out of relicensing if they explicitly request it. If someone chooses this option, the CC-BY-SA template will not be added. This option is not encouraged by WikiQueer as it limits the use and availability of free content.

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