I wonder what the folks on Wikisource and Wikibooks think about this proposition .. I haven't received any feedback on it on foundation-l. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Apr 27, 2007 3:13 PM Subject: Proposal: LiteratePrograms.org as Wikimedia Project To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> I would like to propose (as a community member) that http://en.literateprograms.org/ be merged into the Wikimedia Foundation family of projects. I have spoken with the founder of LiteratePrograms, Derrick Coetzee, and he would agree to such a merger. LP documents computer program source code with in-line explanations beyond simple source comments. Using a special extension, all code belonging to an example program can be downloaded as a package with ease. It is, in my opinion, ideally positioned to become a wonderful learning resource for budding programmers in any programming language. The structure of LP is fundamentally different from any existing Wikimedia project. Yet, it is an educational project with great value. LP currently uses the MIT/X11 license, which is similar to CC-BY, but more suitable for source code; I believe this makes sense as these snippets are typically so small that they should not be encumbered further with copyleft. WMF would be able to give the project sustainable hosting and exposure to a vast community. What do you think? If there is no consensus, I'd be willing to organize a community poll as we did for other projects, but I really see very little that speaks against LP becoming part of the WMF project family. -- Peace & Love, Erik DISCLAIMER: This message does not represent an official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees. "An old, rigid civilization is reluctantly dying. Something new, open, free and exciting is waking up." -- Ming the Mechanic -- Peace & Love, Erik DISCLAIMER: This message does not represent an official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees. "An old, rigid civilization is reluctantly dying. Something new, open, free and exciting is waking up." -- Ming the Mechanic