[Foundation-l] wikinews and other stuff

[Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales]

Andrew Lih wrote:
> We've recenly found GFDL to be a headache, and most wished that CC
> existed at the start of WP so we could use it. Now that we're starting
> Wikinews from scratch, is there any reason to stick with GFDL, other
> than familiarity? I like the CC or special Wikimedia route. Perhaps we
> could get Lessig to help craft one appropriate to our needs.

Discussions with Lessig, Stallman, Moglen, and others have been going
quite well.  I'm sending off a document to them all with our specific
concerns, and there seems to be broad support from all of them to make
changes to simplify and clarify the license to make it better suit our
needs.

This just takes time, that's all.

--Jimbo