[Wikipedia-l] New "GNU Free Media Licence"? - was: What would Richard Stallman say?

Tue Feb 24 18:14:35 UTC 2004

Caroline Ford wrote:

> The GNU web site suggests creative commons.
>
> "We believe that published software and documentation should be free 
> software and free documentation <licenses.html#Intro>. We recommend 
> making all sorts of educational and reference works free also, using 
> free documentation licenses such as the GNU Free Documentation License 
> <licenses.html#FDL> (GNU FDL)."
>
> "For other kinds of works, we recommend you consider the licenses 
> proposed by Creative Commons <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/>."

What this suggests is that we follow a variety of strategies that 
address our principles.  Sticking to one particular licence can put us 
into a legalistic box that may restrict the application of those principles.

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