Hoi,
I may get us the cooperation with the NTG the Dutch TeX usergroup. They have a resource of 222.872 correctly spelled Dutch words. This data is nominally licensed under the LGPL, just to ensure that it stays Free. They are not particular about the license; anyone is free to use it. We can host these words in the Ultimate Wiktionary. This means however that the information has to stay FREE as in everyone is to be able to use the data. It would serve us well in many ways; it would be not only an important addition to the UW it would also enlarge the UW community in an important way.
Currently their data is used by the Open Office organisation among many. many others. The hosting of this type of content is one important way of making the UW relevant. It is completely in line with the objectives of the Wikimedia Foundation.
I do ask the board: When the Ultimate Wiktionary is life, do we allow all and any use of our data and do we allow at least other Open or Free organisations to use the content of the UW in their applications without restrictions ?
Thanks, GerardM
On 21/06/05, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
I do ask the board: When the Ultimate Wiktionary is life, do we allow all and any use of our data and do we allow at least other Open or Free organisations to use the content of the UW in their applications without restrictions ?
If the content is going to be that of the existing Wiktionaries, then no. We can not allow use "without restrictions" since that content is GFDL which means restrictions are in place (such as needing to keep the text under the same license).
Angela
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