Last modified: 2008-03-16 15:58:30 UTC
BUG MIGRATED FROM SOURCEFORGE http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=981746&group_id=34373&atid=411192 Originally submitted by Mike Linksvayer (mlinksva)<a href="/help/icon_legend.php?context=user_subscriber&uname=mlinksva&return_to=%2F"><IMG src="http://images.sourceforge.net/images/sf_s.png" alt="SourceForge.net Subscriber" border="0" width="16" height="16"></a> 2004-06-29 06:57 "Please note that all contributions to XXX are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License (see $1 for details)." "GNU Free Documentation License" ought to be a token to be replaced with $wgRightsText specified in LocalSettings.php (ignorant speculation on my part). ------------------------- Additional comments ------------------------ Date: 2004-08-16 08:04 Sender: SF user timwi This bug has been migrated to MediaZilla: http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129 Please leave additional comments or attachments there.
just edit [[MediaWiki:copyrightwarning]], almost all other messages can be tweaked there as well.
*** Bug 129 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This would have to be changed for ALL languages. I'm not even sure how to do that, but it's bound to be a lot of unnecessary work. The fact that you need to do this is also not mentioned when you choose the license, so there could be a lot of wikis around where contributors who chose a language other than English get to agree with a different license than the official one when they edit a page. So I'd think a solution similar to the one the original reporter proposed would be very much a good idea.
This was fixed on 2004-08-18 in Language.php v1.315, and improved in v1.316. But the now unreferenced "global $wgRightsText;" line still needs to be removed.
(In reply to comment #4) > This was fixed on 2004-08-18 in Language.php v1.315, and improved in v1.316. > But the now unreferenced "global $wgRightsText;" line still needs to be removed. Fixed in CVS HEAD.
The main issue is still not fixed. For instance, "copyrightwarning" in MessagesNl.php contains the litteral text "Opgelet: Alle bijdragen aan {{SITENAME}} worden geacht te zijn vrijgegeven onder de GNU Free Documentation License.". (Attention: All contributes to {{SITENAME}} are considered to be released under the GNU FDL). This message is the one you get when you edit a page with the Dutch interface. This would have to be fixed structurally, or everyone not using the GNU FDL would need to change all the language files, which can be kind of tricky if you don't know 50 languages yourself. I've also changed the severity to major, as you would end up with a messed up copyright status of any contribution made with the interface in a non-English language (unless you chose GFDL as the license). Workaround: delete all language files except for the English ones.
Softly purged old translations in trunk.
*** Bug 5803 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Reopening (again). The issue I described in my previous comment still applies.
It is fixed in 1.7 which is going to be released in near future.
What CVS branch is that? I'm using the head revision, and it's definitely not fixed in there.
We are not using CVS anymore. Please read http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN for example.
I see. Thanks. I'll close the bug report on my way out then.
I'm still (or again?) finding references to the GNU FDL in language files, on 1.11.2. At least the following language files seem to have such text (although I can't be sure, not speaking all of those languages): MessagesEo.php MessagesJv.php MessagesVi.php
That is a separate issue, in translations that were created long after this bug was first opened. I would suggest filing a new bug rather than repeatedly reopening the same one. Things like this need to be fixed on a case-by-case basis, it's not all one issue. If this occurs often, it might be helpful for the i18n maintainers to add checks for strings like "FDL" to their sanity-checking scripts.
Removed again everything I found in r32034.
