Jimmy Wales (jwales@bomis.com) [040527 23:06]:
We did quickly (perhaps too quickly) adopt the GNU FDL at that time, in order to demonstrate that a fork was not needed and that we were indeed a genuine free project. Additionally, RMS has given me favorable indications that he would like to see some simplifications and changes to the license, and I'm going to be meeting with at least Larry Lessig (who is now a board member at FSF) in Berlin, and probably some other FSF people as well, to give our input on work that is already underway regarding such issues as license compatibility (with Creative Commons licenses) and simplicity, etc. I am very optimistic about beneficial changes soon, but of course everyone involved (including me!) prefers to take these things slowly and thoughtfully.
That's excellent news!
Having the FSF lawyers around, particularly Lessig (we have all read 'Free Culture', yes? [1]), will make sure the result is sensible.
- d.
[1] http://www.free-culture.com/ - full text in several formats.