http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/19/sanger_onlinepedia_with_experts/
Anyone know any more about this?
No mention of licensing terms I see on www.digitaluniverse.net
Justinc
First heard about it at http://news.com.com/Wikipedia+alternative+aims+to+be+PBS+of+the+Web/2100-103...
Looks like it's going to be a collection of lots of works with varying licenses, a good alternative to a collection of information from a bunch of people who have no business writing an encyclopedia.
From the FAQ: "Many of the Digital Universe activities, such as
Explore, Inform, and Contribute will be free to the public. Premium services may be offered in the future to access content with protected intellectual property."
On 12/19/05, Justin Cormack justin@specialbusservice.com wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/19/sanger_onlinepedia_with_experts/
Anyone know any more about this?
No mention of licensing terms I see on www.digitaluniverse.net
Justinc
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On 19 Dec 2005, at 18:22, Anthony DiPierro wrote:
First heard about it at http://news.com.com/Wikipedia+alternative+aims+to+be+PBS+of+the+Web/ 2100-1038_3-5999200.html
Looks like it's going to be a collection of lots of works with varying licenses, a good alternative to a collection of information from a bunch of people who have no business writing an encyclopedia.
Pity. If they had a compatible license, $10m of investment using free content could get somewhere useful. And producing free content.
It was less than 20 years ago when I was employed working on encyclopaedias with lower standards than wikipedia.
Anyway, in the interests of the 2006 quality drive, I deleted 1500 pages from my watchlist - quality by selectivity.
Justinc
Justin Cormack wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/19/sanger_onlinepedia_with_experts/
Anyone know any more about this?
No mention of licensing terms I see on www.digitaluniverse.net
Justinc
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From http://www.digitaluniverse.net/experience/portals/ it appears they currently have 3 portals ready: The Arctic, Energy and Texas. Not much of a digital "Universe" is it?
What's worrying is the number and calibre of the experts they seem to have attracted - http://www.manyone.net/about/directors/ http://www.manyone.net/about/advisors/ http://www.manyone.net/about/foundation/
the wub
What's worrying is the number and calibre of the experts they seem to have attracted - http://www.manyone.net/about/directors/ http://www.manyone.net/about/advisors/ http://www.manyone.net/about/foundation/
What do you mean by "worrying"? What looks potentially "worrying" to me there is that the "advisors" are all politicians of various types, as opposed to academics. So at first glance it's hard to see if a basis for neutrality is there.
Steve
Justin Cormack wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/19/sanger_onlinepedia_with_experts/ Anyone know any more about this? No mention of licensing terms I see on www.digitaluniverse.net
Larry gets points for putting his money (metaphorically) where his mouth is. Be interesting to see if he can achieve his happy medium between Nupedia and Wikipedia.
- d.
On 12/19/05, Justin Cormack justin@specialbusservice.com wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/19/sanger_onlinepedia_with_experts/
Anyone know any more about this?
Wikipedia does. ;)