[Wikipedia-l] Re: Conference report from South Africa

[Jimmy Wales]

Andy Rabagliati wrote:
>>This is assuming that the larger part of the cost of textbooks is
>>copyright licenses. I would imagine that it is instead the production
>>costs of actual books, and obviously free content won't help that.
> 
> Having had (almost) direct experience of this in Africa, much of the
> problem is bureaucracy and supply.

Surely free licensing will help with both bureaucracy and supply.
Anyone who takes an interest and sees an opportunity can redistribute
our work without having to get permission from anyone.

--Jimbo