[Foundation-l] re GFDL publisher credit

Mon Jul 17 06:08:31 UTC 2006

James Hare wrote:

>Right... we tell the people that our encyclopedia is free -- for use, and
>for distribution. When they're interested in distribution -- that's when
>they're basically asking for legal terminology.
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Well, I am distributing it, and making lots of money off of it promoting 
it, and I am keeping it free (the knowledge
and software part, anyway -- hardware always costs money). :-)

Jeff

>On 7/17/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
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>>James Hare wrote:
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>>>It also should be noted we shouldn't have to inundate common people with
>>>complex logical arguments about something as boring as copyright law.
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>>>Jimmy Wales was from Alabama, he had a thirst for knowledge. He studied
>>>finance at Auburn University -- that's where options trading caught his
>>>eyes. After a bout of that and Internet porn, he realized: he wanted to
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>>>like common people; he wanted to live and drink with common people. So he
>>>decided to dump a lot of money in a website -for- the common people
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>>>he just liked it that much.
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>>>All in all, Wikipedia is for common people, and they'd prefer simple
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>>terms
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>>>like "free encyclopedia" than "GFDL general and specialized knowledge
>>>provider licensed for free and educational use." Common people is what
>>>Wikipedia is all about.
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>>I agree with all of this. "Free" is fine with me and I agree I don't
>>think anyone cares
>>about copyright issues on GFDL text.
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>>Jeff
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