Re: migrating Wikipedia to Creative Commons

On Wed, 19 May 2004, Mikhail Capone wrote:

> 
> I think it's a good idea, but try to appeal more directly to the 
> Wikipedia community.
> 
> Start with a  brief paragraph that tells them exactly what are the 
> advantages of change and the disadvantages of the status-quo.
> 
> Because with that paragraph, their first reaction will be: "So 
> wikipedia, the most popular wiki on the internet, should change license 
> because some wiki smaller than our section on tropical fruits can't 
> reuse our material?"

	I agree with this.  FWIW, one of the main reasons I didn't go with 
the GFDL was that its requirement to distribute the actual license meant 
that a 2 page article would need to be accompanied by 12 pages of 
legalese.  Also FWIW, we have been looking into the ability to allow both 
GFDL and CC content at the LQ wiki, but it's not been an easy task.

--jeremy