On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 10:48:27AM +0100, Bjorn Lindqvist wrote:
Well, I
don't really see it as so much of a race. Sure, we'd like
people to turn to us for information, but as I see it we're just going
to so completely dominate everyone with our information that there
really is no competition. Already most people I know IRL turn to
How about I fork Wikipedia. And while you suckas scramble to try to
get permission from the probably dead photographer who took the Che
Guevara-face photo MY fork has more pictures than playboy. Would your
friends still prefer Wikipedia??
I want the images. Those who took the images WANT us to use them
(provided we reference them). Readers want the images. Mirrors of
Wikipedia want the images. The copyright laws are stupid. GFDL is
stupid. And the right way to get stupid laws changed is not to obey
them.
Be reasonable.
There are people who want to use Wikipedia only online. Lots of them.
And they may not care much about non-free images. But there are also
people who want to use Wikipedia's content offline - in books, magazines,
CDs, etc. Some may even want to print portions of the Wikipedia and sell them.
The problem is - these people can't legally do it if the Wikipedia contains
such images.
These people wouldn't be able to use your fork.
Are you able to see the issue now ?
PS. I think that the latter group is far more important than the former.