On 11/03/07, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Not to mention that "free content", to most
people, means exactly
that: "free content." That is: "Hey, I can download it for free from
the Interweb." I have seen very few articles about Wikipedia which
get the licensing part right. That said, that's one of those things
you have to hammer into a person's head about 10 times before they
understand it.
Creative Commons isn't helping either. "Oh, we'd love this on
Wikipedia, it's all Creative Commons!" YES, IT'S BY-NC-ND. ARGH.
The trouble is that CC have monopolised the mindshare for "freer than
all-rights-reserved" ... but pretty clearly couldn't give a hoot about
actual free content.
CC's aims are not only not our aims, they actively hinder our aims.
This is ... somewhat annoying.
- d.