[WikiEN-l] Encyclopedia of Earth appears to be now online...

Wed Sep 27 05:58:37 UTC 2006

Andrew Gray wrote:
> On 24/09/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 24/09/06, Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:
>>
>>> While this is all true, the GFDL *is* fairly far along the process of
>>> being rewritten,
> 
>> This is the first I'd heard that there was actual progress. Excellent!
>>
>> Are they going to release it for public comment as they did the
>> planned GPL rewrite?
> 
> I am informed by a nice chap on #wikipedia that they've now released
> the draft GFDL v2:
> 
> http://gplv3.fsf.org/doclic-dd1-guide.html
> 
> ----
> 
> The first discussion draft of the GNU Free Documentation License
> version 2 was released on 2006 September 26, along with a draft of the
> new GNU Simpler Free Documentation License. The new draft of the GNU
> FDL includes a number of improvements, such as:
> 
>     * New terms crafted during the GPLv3 process to improve internationalization
>     * Clarifications to help people applying the license to audio and video
>     * Relaxed requirements for using an excerpt from a work
> 
> ----
> 
> I won't have a chance to read it for a while - anyone want to go through it?
> 

See Gmaxwell's post on Foundation-l.

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