[WikiEN-l] Policy on adding (many, relevant) links to articles?

Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher at student.canberra.edu.au
Mon May 29 12:42:53 UTC 2006


G'day Nick,

> Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
> 
>>Please *don't* just use the GFDL for photos. Use a Creative Commons
>>Attribution license instead of, or together with the GFDL.
> 
> Why?

Because the GFDL is bloody awful.  CC-BY-SA gives all the advantages, to 
both content creators and users, without the unnecessary overhead and 
the strange feeling that one ought to be frothing at the mouth and 
bad-mouthing "Micro$oft" that always occurs when one attempts to use the 
GFDL.


-- 
Mark Gallagher
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- Danger Mouse



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