Gentoo Linux Wiki talk:Copyrights

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Unless otherwise stated, the content of this wiki is in public domain. That means that anyone can take any
 information from here, modify it, and redistribute it however they see fit without need for
 attribution. 

And

If the author has not specified a license, you must get their permission before you can reproduce it on this
 wiki (if no license is specified, the author has full rights to their work). It is recommended
 that a link to the original article be made even if the original author clears the article of any copyright.

These are clearly in contradiction to eachother... Also, I disagree with putting the content into public domain without any protection. I suggest that the content of Gentoo-wiki be placed under the CC license, so this documentation is compatible with the rest of the Gentoo project.
Q-collective 21:29, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

These don't contradict each other. "The author" in the second bit refers to the case, where an article written by someone somewhere else on the Web gets "imported" into the wiki. The original author has full copyright, so you have to clear it with him/her before posting it on this wiki. Once it's here, you can specify a license, and if you don't, it's in public domain. At least that's how I understand it. You have to talk to Thrasher if you want the content to be licensed by default. You could try making your case on the mailing lists. -TRO _talk^contribs 22:46, 6 October 2006 (UTC)