On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 2:19 PM, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
the project and world benefit from [Commons] existing as is. But we
need an
alternative to support the educational mission, reasonable inter-project
reuse,
and end the endless deletion wars.
Yes, this. With highly visible guidance for licensing/use.
If people are excited about starting up a whole new project, that's fine by me. I think you'll find that donors attracted to the "free knowledge" aspect of our vision & mission statements might be a little tough to persuade, but if you want to try, have at it.
Still, I have to wonder: are the considerable financial, human, and technical resources something like this would take justified? Why not simply create the visible guidance SJ requests on each wiki (presumably as Exemption Doctrine Policies), and enable a software feature that permits including an image from elsewhere on the web? Wouldn't that accomplish the same results, with vastly less effort, less expense, and less distraction to existing communities?
Uncommons is a charming name.
I have to agree on this point :)
Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]]