On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:13 PM, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
2008/9/25 Kevin Wong wikipedianmarlith@gmail.com:
I wonder if XKCD comics might have a good place in the Wikipedia
Signpost.
Not going to happen. Comic is Randall Munroe's livelihood. He's not going to release complete runs under a free license.
I just revamped his article a bit so I have a bit of insight. He actually makes his money off of the merchandise he sells, not the comic. In a lecture he gave at Google he said he even encourages hotlinking to his site because so long as his site is credited (as required by the license) it drives traffic there and he generates more sales.
This is not to say he would do it; but as my father would say, it can't hurt to ask, the most he can say is "no".