David Gerard wrote:
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?
I must confess I didn't have any actual information on progress; I just
sort of assumed that after two years of the process and occasional
reports from Jimbo that somebody had asked him something, that it was
fairly far along. An alternative would be that it's been stalled for
two years. :)
I just emailed licensing(a)gnu.org about it, though, and got a reply that
"the first discussion draft should be out very, very soon". Sounds
promising.
-Mark