On 3/1/07, Nicholas Moreau nicholasmoreau@gmail.com wrote:
Here's a thought... could all new Wikimedia sites, no matter what language or project, be created under a Creative Commons license, instead of GFDL? We of course cannot change existing sites over to that slimmer, trimmer license, but it would be a good idea for any new works.
Nick
Would create problems with translations and other tanswiki stuff.
Creative commons also has it's own issues. People have problems understanding the lisence mixes
CC-by-ND-NC CC-by-Sa-NC CC-by-ND Founder's copyright Developing nations CC CC wiki licence It gets messy
Secondly creative commons tends to be more interested in the author rather than the reuser. The FSF tends to operate the other way around.
CC lisences also have a tendacy not to quite do what they say on the tin which can lead to people being missled.
At the present time the proposed LGFDL looks like a better bet.