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Because of [http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html other concerns], we don’t want to simply adopt the GFDL.
So, we are planning to move to a dual license. Every edit that is made will be by default licensed under both the GFDL as well as a revised Creative Commons license ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5]). Naturally, this will not apply to material that was previously released under a different license (unless we have explicit permission otherwise), such as the content taken from Wikipedia or edits made before November 22, 2005. This will also not apply to any material that is submitted to OrthodoxWiki under other copyright terms, such as most of our images and some of our articles. '''If you would like to apply this license retroactively to include all of your edits, please add the [[Template:Acceptrevised|acceptrevised]] template to your user page.''' (You can do this simply by adding "<nowiki>{{acceptedrevised}}</nowiki>) " to your page.)
The main change as far as the Creative Commons license is concerned, is that the new license allows restricted commercial use of the material. The GFDL already allows this, and we see no reason to make the CC license more restrictive. Furthermore, we do not anticipate anybody making big money off of OrthodoxWiki content. If someone can earn something by publishing it commercially according to the terms of one of these licenses, we will simply be happy that the content is being used and that OrthodoxWiki is being publicized. Furthermore, we are still requiring authors of derivative works to "Share-Alike", which means they cannot restrict similar copying of the edits they make from OrthodoxWiki articles.
