--- Anthere <anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I am sure you would agree that it would be damned
stupid that the english
wikipedia is under one license while all other wikipedias be under another
license, because in becoming compatible with wikitravel, you would cause our
projects to become non compatible with one another. So, in effect, this is a
global issue and you are trying to force all projects to follow what you
started, without even involving them. I think this is just incorrect toward
other projects.
I'm not sure I follow you about compatibility. We all agree, surely, that dual
licensing gives people more options on how to use the work. Apologies if I've
missed something, but I don't think anyone is arguing that en.Wikipedia should
refuse GFDL-only material, but rather that we should encourage people to opt to
dual license because that makes certain bits more compatible with other
projects, and never less compatible. Have I missed a trick?
Personally, I think Wikipedia is (to a small extent) falling short of its goal
of "creating a free encyclopedia" if articles cannot be incorporated into other
copyleft projects. I accept this is a complex problem, but the way I see it,
voluntary dual licensing by contributors may help a little -- it certainly
can't hurt.
Matt
[[User:Matt Crypto]]
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