[Foundation-l] H2G2 "to be disposed of"

[Thomas Dalton]

On 25 January 2011 11:26, Alison M. Wheeler <wikimedia at alisonwheeler.com> wrote:
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> ----- "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Very doubtful indeed. Wikipedia might, conceivably, be considered a
>> trusted third party, but there is no way the rest of world would and
>> we can't accept content that is licensed to Wikipedia only.
>
> I would think it likely that as the BBC have already made the decision, in principle, to send h2g2 on its way then expanding the licence to drop any NC requirement would be a highly probable parting gift. Certainly worth asking them to change the licence anyway.

They aren't the copyright holder, though, so I don't think they can
change the license. They have a very broad license to use it
themselves and to re-license it to trusted third parties, but they
don't have the authority (as far as I can tell) to release it under a
free licence.