Re: more CC stuff

Dan Marshall wrote:
> Jeremy, I believe you mentioned in an earlier mailing (which I can't 
> find) that you had gotten permission from the copyright holders to 
> incorporate certain GFDL materials here? Could we maybe have a LQsource 
> area with links to CC-able sources plus an area to wikify these sources? 
> So we could have wikified versions of HOW-TOS for example. Just a thought.
> 
> Just in case I haven't already annoyed you with this enough yet, please 
> go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazyeddie to edit the CC 
> petition. Or say why I'm an idiot in the talk pages - I feel in need of 
> a sanity check. Digiot, you seem to have a good head on your shoulders, 
> what do you think?
>

Thanks, and thanks for taking this initiative if only for the fact 
that it made me read and think about those links and several more. 
Simultaneously confusing and enlightening. :) However, this is a 
Wikipedia issue - it has an impact on the LQWiki and society at large, 
of course, but it's *specifically* a Wikipedia issue - and I have no 
connection with that. So I can't judge the appropriateness of it from 
a Wikipedian point of view. Mikhail's suggestions sound very good, 
though. From an LQWiki point of view, I can only say that it should be 
clear that this is not an official LQWiki intitiative - you do mention 
that you are also a contributor at the LQWiki but I don't think you 
explicitly say this isn't part of official LQWiki policy. On the other 
hand, if it were to become so, I'd make *that* explicit in turn.

As far as how I feel about it (from a digiot-point-of-view), I don't 
suppose my feelings on licenses are relevant. I'll just say that I 
agree something should be done and my only hesitation is if this is 
even enough. But it's certainly not too much or inappropriate. Go for it.

-J