Licensing update/Project Transitions

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This page is to coordinate and keep track of which Wikimedia projects have completed the transition on their GFDL 1.2-only files. The objective is to encourage uploaders to switch to GFDL 1.3/CC-BY-SA 3.0 (or both).

The following table illustrates whether any discussions or action plans are underway to deal with any GFDL 1.2-only files.

Projects Status Notes
Arabic Wikipedia Not OK Not OK Template states GFDL 1.2-only.
Chinese Wikipedia OK OK All GFDL files are available under 1.2 or "any later version", license migration in progress. (see template)
English Wikipedia OK OK Files under GFDL 1.2-only are deprecated since April 14, 2009.
German Wikipedia OK OK Files under GFDL 1.2-only are disallowed since December 9, 2008. (see poll)
Japanese Wikipedia OK OK All GFDL files are available under 1.2 or "any later version". (see template)
Russian Wikipedia OK OK All GFDL files are available under 1.2 or "any later version". (see template)
Vietnamese Wikipedia Possible Possible No longer using GFDL 1.2-only since 2005, but some images are currently still using it. No discussions on what to deal with these images. (see template)
Wikimedia Commons Possible Possible Discussions are underway.
Wikisource Possible Possible Most projects do not state which version of GFDL they are using.
Wikinews OK OK Most images are CC-BY.