On 24/09/06, Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org> wrote:
While this is all true, the GFDL *is* fairly far along
the process of
being rewritten, and the FSF has seemed willing to consult with
Wikipedia about its needs during the process (I believe Jimbo has been
queried about it). Whether the language will be less of a confusing
mish-mash I won't speculate, but the single biggest problem---that you
have to print the entire damn license with every copy you
distribute---seems likely to be solved.
This is the first I'd heard that there was actual progress. Excellent!
Are they going to release it for public comment as they did the
planned GPL rewrite?
So I'd personally lean towards waiting to see if
the next GFDL is
something we can live with, before trying to relicense the whole
encyclopedia---a huge and messy undertaking.
Yes. The reason the question has even come up is that relicensing was
actually looking less painful than continuing with the GFDL and
arguably not actually keeping to it.
- d.