[Wikipedia-l] What would Richard Stallman say?

Mon Feb 23 14:30:40 UTC 2004

> http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/K/htmlK/keeshanbob/keeshanbob.htm

...snip...

> We won't know until we try.
> 
> Unfortunately, and I'm as guilty of this as any of us, doing work like
> this -- approaching people to try to get not just standard permission
> but a free license -- will involve stepping outside our comfort zone,
> which is "sit and type on the Internet".
> 
> --Jimbo

Point taken, with a large side-order of "I picked a weak example."

And as for comfort zones, I'm the guy who wrote to Her Majesty's
Stationery Office about Crown Copyright.  I got Michael Phillips,
maintainer of "Ship of the Old Navy," to give us free use of his
material.  I have requests out at the moment.  Anyone who wants help
with such requests is welcome to contact me.

-- 
 Sean Barrett     | What if the hokey-pokey IS what it's all about?
 sean at epoptic.com |  