[Foundation-l] New wiki creation moratorium

[Gwern Branwen]

On 2008.04.13 23:52:43 +0100, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> scribbled 0.3K characters:
> > The drafts we've seen of the FDL 1.3, which we have to treat as
> >  confidential at this time, require this unusual step.
>
> "require" seems unlikely. What difference is there between a project
> created today and one created a year ago from a legal standpoint? Do
> you mean to say it's more convenient to wait?

At the very least, it'd be easier to wait and start a new project as all-FDL1.3 licensed project, rather than starting, getting a fair bit of material, and then needing to go back and relicense it all.

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gwern
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