[Foundation-l] Proposal: Fan History joining the WMF family

[David Goodman]

Even if the license change applied only to material started after the
present, it would make future collaboration possible

David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG



On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Laura,
>
> Thanks for your work on the proposal.  I hadn't looked at fanhistory in any
> detail before, and enjoyed discovering it's lifecycle through your blog.
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:51 PM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I may not have time to respond to your comments in detail, but I think
>> it is important to say that I appreciate the way that you are
>> approaching this.
>>
>> Critical analysis of the potential "import" of this project is much
>> easier if the project has a well defined mission, and the project
>> leaders are only interested in the migration if it is a good fit
>> within the WMF mission.
>>
>>
> I agree with John here.  Your approach and proposal are greatly appreciated.
> Educational projects aimed at educating others, providing material for
> future research, or gathering useful knowledge are certainly ones we should
> give consideration to adopting.  The copyright issues is a sticking point,
> as geni notes -- I strongly recommend that you look into changing your
> license, regardless of the result of this proposal, so that you can better
> work with other projects in the future.
>
> SJ
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>