When we purged all the source code from en.WS, we sent
it there. Someone even suggested it would make a nice
sister project back then. So I don't imagine any
objections from en.WS. I am not certain if any other
Wikisources might still host source code.
Birgitte SB
--- Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I wonder what the folks on Wikisource and Wikibooks
think about this
proposition .. I haven't received any feedback on it
on foundation-l.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Apr 27, 2007 3:13 PM
Subject: Proposal:
LiteratePrograms.org as Wikimedia
Project
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
<foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
I would like to propose (as a community member) that
http://en.literateprograms.org/
be merged into the Wikimedia Foundation family of
projects. I have
spoken with the founder of LiteratePrograms, Derrick
Coetzee, and he
would agree to such a merger.
LP documents computer program source code with
in-line explanations
beyond simple source comments. Using a special
extension, all code
belonging to an example program can be downloaded as
a package with
ease. It is, in my opinion, ideally positioned to
become a wonderful
learning resource for budding programmers in any
programming language.
The structure of LP is fundamentally different from
any existing
Wikimedia project. Yet, it is an educational project
with great value.
LP currently uses the MIT/X11 license, which is
similar to CC-BY, but
more suitable for source code; I believe this makes
sense as these
snippets are typically so small that they should not
be encumbered
further with copyleft.
WMF would be able to give the project sustainable
hosting and exposure
to a vast community. What do you think? If there is
no consensus, I'd
be willing to organize a community poll as we did
for other projects,
but I really see very little that speaks against LP
becoming part of
the WMF project family.
--
Peace & Love,
Erik
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Erik
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