Anthony DiPierro wrote:
The root of the problem is that we haven't decided what it means to be a *free* encyclopedia.
I don't have any idea why you think this. There has never been any question about this at all.
--Jimbo
Apparently you could clear it up for me then. Should a free encyclopedia be redistributable by anyone in every country, or only the United States, or need it not be redistributable at all? Should it be free for commercial redistribution? Does the entire encyclopedia need to be editable? What types of edits must be allowed? Can there be centralized control, for instance linkback requirements?
All this talk of whether or not things are "free enough" led me to believe that there was a lot of grey area. Maybe I'm wrong, and we do agree on what it means to be a free encyclopedia, we just haven't agreed that we want to be a free encyclopedia.
Anthony