[WikiEN-l] New notice for common sense Wikipedians.

Mon Dec 6 19:49:01 UTC 2004

I have to say, I'm sorry to see this template's existence. The failure 
of various free licenses to "talk" to one another is rapidly becoming 
one of the biggest barriers to the creation of free content, and with 
the rapid ascent of Creative Commons, frankly, Wikipedia is looking a 
little crusty in its model. It's very hard to utilize bits of Wikipedia 
in creative works, because the GFDL kinda sucks for that. I'd have a 
tough time applying the GFDL to a visual work. (How would I link back?)

Until a better solution comes along (I'm hoping very much that the new 
version of the GFDL that they're working on will have some provision 
about other free licenses) multi-licensing seems to me a necessary 
evil. In particular, the no sign over the CC image feels in poor taste 
to me.

-Snowspinner

On Dec 5, 2004, at 6:42 PM, Trevor Caira wrote:

>  I have created a new template for Wikipedians to display on their user
> pages to display they are content with the GFDL and don't feel the 
> need to
> jump on the multi-licensing bandwagon:
>
>  You can get to it by typing {{NoMultiLicense}}.
>
> You can see it here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:NoMultiLicense
>
> --Ashdurbat
>
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