On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 04:09:04AM -0700, Fred Bauder wrote:
"gnunote" => "Unless some other
copyright license such as one of the <a
href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/'>Creative Commons
licenses</a>
has been selected by the original author of an article all text is
available under the terms of the <a
href='http://www.internet-encyclopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=GNU_Free_Do…
on_License'>GNU Free Documentation License</a>. Use of images may be
restricted, check the description of the image for details.
[...]
As to whether Wikipedia should make a similar
change...
As far as I understand "GFDL" is "viral" because it provides that any
modifications, copies or any possible use can only result free documents
(under the same license).
So using CC would mean that the articles could be copied and used in closed
documents, without giving anything back to community. I would not really
like to spend my time for someone's unshared gains, you see (see cddb's
story, etc.).
I prefer being virally free.