On 6/19/06, Ryan Dabler zhaladshar@gmail.com wrote:
I would agree to that, and would support such a proposal. It would finally end the problems that all Wikimedia projects have faced or will face at some point or another regarding source code, but, more importantly, it would give WMF an outlet for an open source code wiki. It seems as if Literate Programs' mission is reasonably similar to ours--only a little tweaking in the mission statements and a complete overhaul of the copyright licensing would be needed to make this a suitable candidate for a WMF project.
I'm not sure a complete overhaul of the licensing would be necessary. Without getting into a copyleft vs. BSD style argument, the MIT/X11 license chosen is at least one specific for source code -- whereas the GFDL is not. Furthermore, Wikimedia has in the past demonstrated some flexibility in choosing the licensing model most appropriate for our content. Wikinews is CC-BY (no copyleft) in part because we want our content to be maximally reused, and the potential for copyleft to kick in on news content that expires quickly is relatively small.
Deco (the founder of the wiki) seems to be happy for it to be independent for now, but it's certainly something to keep in mind, I think.
Erik