[Textbook-l] letter to RMS

Thu Aug 7 13:22:55 UTC 2003

Have you sent this yet?  I'm drafting something similar to send in a
mass mailing to RMS, Larry Lessig, and other notables.

Karl Wick wrote:

> I drafted this letter to RMS to seek his blessing on a
> change to the terms of the GNU FDL which would allow some
> sharing between the GNU FDL and other copyleft licenses.
> Lets see if we can get a consensus on this so we can send
> it out to him.
> 
> --Karl
> 
> To: "rms" at "stallman" period "org"
> 
> Dear Richard,
> 
> A quick question. I am writing on behalf of the Wikipedia
> and Wikimedia Foundation with a licensing question. The
> Wikipedia has grown to be the largest resource of open
> content, copylefted material known. As you know, all of its
> content is licensed under the terms of the GNU FDL.
> 
> Recently, other open content, copyleft licenses have come
> into use, most notably some Creative Commons licenses. 
> 
> I am interested in a level of intercompatibility between
> the GNU FDL and these other copyleft licenses. The goals
> are to preserve the copyleft nature of the material while
> allowing material to be shared under certain circumstances
> and conditions with other projects using these paralell
> licenses. 
> 
> My interest lies in adding a clause to the terms of the GNU
> FDL license that would in some way allow the sharing of
> materials exclusively with other copyleft licenses. You of
> course would have to be in agreement with all end changes
> as well as the process to get there. 
> 
> Thank you very much for your attention,
> Karl Wick
> 
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