As those of you who read the meta pages will know, I'm applying the Wiki idea to a
slightly different project, with the object of creating a "science
hypertextbook". Like Wikipedia, this will all be under GNU Free Documentation
License.
I note that the Wikipedians muster a good deal of technical expertise among themselves,
and I'd like to invite anyone interested in a more teaching-oriented approach (i.e.
building from basic subjects to advanced ones) to participate. It's at
http://www.renaissoft.com/april/cgi-bin/wiki.pl for those who are interested.
Also, I'd like to ask something of an etiquette question - to Jimbo Wales in
particular, and to the Wikipedians in general. How do people feel about Wikipedia material
being ported over and adapted for use in the textbook project? I know what the
"public domain" rules are, but I don't want to do anything that would create
bad feeling or set up for trouble between the sites. I do, of course, have Wikipedia
linked back from a couple of places. ;)
Thanks for any constructive input,
-- April