[Foundation-l] Citizendium, a new venture, will "fork" off from online encyclopedia Wikipedia

[Anthony]

On 9/16/06, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Citizendium is serious business. We should be appreciating the efforts.
>
> Due to the licensing choice of Wikipedia, Citizendium will also be licensed
> under the GFDL. Imagine that -- an expert-ran knowledge tank that's usable
> under the same license as Wikipedia! That means when they produce a
> high-quality piece of something, we can take it and use it on Wikipedia.
> Maybe then will we get closer to the 100,000 featured articles that is
> currently a pipe dream of the really hopeful.
>
> I hope a cycle of forking between the two projects will result in better
> stuff for all.
>
I hope Wikipedia will adopt a policy of adhering to the GFDL which
allows this.  Perhaps most importantly that means listing 5 of the
primary authors along with the title.