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The headline mentions "new Creative Commons licensing", but I'm not seeing any explanation of that that new licensing is, or how it will affect me? Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 10:24, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

See https://creativecommons.org/version4 for an overview of what's new in Version 4.0.

Note however that the sui-generis database rights mentioned on that page don't apply to Wikimedia projects. The new Terms of Use include a specific waiver:

Where you own Sui Generis Database Rights covered by CC BY-SA 4.0, you waive these rights. As an example, this means facts you contribute to the projects may be reused freely without attribution. Andreas JN466 12:46, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

You may also see the legal note by WMF Legal Team and the detailed comparison published by Creative Commons. Thanks. SCP-2000 14:29, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

TL;DR. I still have no idea what this is all about; it's just all mind-numbing legal mumbo-jumbo. My understanding: 3.0: you have no rights. 4.0: you still have no rights. In other words, nothing changed and this is just an exercise allowing lawyers to collect more legal fees. I know that I just edit at the pleasure of the Wikimedia Foundation, and they have all the rights, including the right to ban me at any time, for any reason, without explanation. – wbm1058 (talk) 22:20, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

You have the right to start your own wikipedia if you don't like the way WMF is running things. The right to fork is the right that all freedom springs from. Bawolff (talk) 07:12, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

I want to inform you that there are (in Slovak) the reports of violations of CC SA-3.0 and violations of the GFDL and reported on legal@wikimedia.org. --Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 10:54, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Terms of use—I clicked on BrEng and found "Practice" as a verb. Really? They need copyediting. Tony (talk) 13:17, 28 June 2023 (UTC)