lsanger@nupedia.com writes:
This is all great news about MathWorld.
Well it would be, if the legal settlement had been something other than "Eric gets the shaft from CRC publishing". From a wikipedia standpoint, this is a hard lesson to the contributors of mathworld that their contributions need protection to remain free. (http://www.mathworld.com/erics_commentary.html)
Their new contribution copyright waiver makes me feel mildly nauseous. (http://www.mathworld.com/permission_form.html)
I think this illustrates why the GNU FDL is so important to what we are doing here.
Did someone say that some of their content is under GNU FDL? In reading all about this lawsuit and the resolution of it, I don't see that anywhere.
I'd be fearful of using content from this, even if it is claimed to be under the GNU FDL, because I don't want to tangle with CRC Publishing. I'm not saying that I'm 100% against it, just that I want us to be thoughtful.
--Jimbo
Jimmy Wales wrote:
I think this illustrates why the GNU FDL is so important to what we are doing here.
Did someone say that some of their content is under GNU FDL? In reading all about this lawsuit and the resolution of it, I don't see that anywhere.
No, it's http://planetmath.org/ that is under GNU FDL. Planetmath.org is not MathWorld !!!
mathworld (http://mathworld.wolfram.com) is not under GNU FDL and I don't thik it can ever be.
Joao http://www.nonio.com
Ah, I understand now.
João Mário Miranda wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
I think this illustrates why the GNU FDL is so important to what we are doing here.
Did someone say that some of their content is under GNU FDL? In reading all about this lawsuit and the resolution of it, I don't see that anywhere.
No, it's http://planetmath.org/ that is under GNU FDL. Planetmath.org is not MathWorld !!!
mathworld (http://mathworld.wolfram.com) is not under GNU FDL and I don't thik it can ever be.
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