[Commons-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Another free encyclopedia: Encyclopedia of the Cosmos

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 6 Mar 2008 20:40 Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Another free encyclopedia: Encyclopedia of the Cosmos To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On 3/6/08, Oldak Quill <oldakquill(a)gmail.com> wrote: (CCing foundation-l, since folks there may be interested-) Creative Commons is working actively with us on the "migration checklist": http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-December/035677.html They are internally discussing a draft statement of intent, and they've updated the CC frontpages to reference the Definition of Free Cultural Works. Plus, at this point there is a consensus between our two organizations that CC-BY-SA should function as a "strong copyleft" license, just not yet about the best way to achieve that. On the FSF side, we're waiting for a version of the GFDL that has the migration language in it; hopefully this will be approved soon. So, things are progressing. Given that there are multiple organizations involved, plus a commitment from us to only make the final step after consultation with the community, it's a complex process, but I'll hope we'll get there soon enough -- the incompatibility between CC-BY-SA and GFDL is a serious impediment for the free culture movement. -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l