Wikipedia:Foldoc license

Received: from diver.doc.ic.ac.uk	by mail.metrostate.edu; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:41:40 -0500 Received: from seagull.doc.ic.ac.uk ([146.169.1.10] ident=root) by diver.doc.ic.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #7) id 15aPe2-0003NC-00 for Axel.Boldt at obscured1.metrostate.edu; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 23:41:42 +0100 Received: (from dbh at localhost) by seagull.doc.ic.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.8.8) id XAA18948; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 23:41:39 +0100 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 23:41:39 +0100 Message-Id: <200108242241.XAA18948 at seagull.doc.ic.ac.uk> X-Authentication-Warning: seagull.doc.ic.ac.uk: dbh set sender to dbh at obscured2.doc.ic.ac.uk using -f From: Denis Howe  To: Axel Boldt  In-reply-to: <200108211851.TAA27377 at seagull.doc.ic.ac.uk> (message from Axel	Boldt on Tue, 21 Aug 2001 19:51:21 +0100) Subject: Re: Incorporate Foldoc content into Wikipedia? References: <200108211851.TAA27377 at seagull.doc.ic.ac.uk>

> your requirement of presenting your copyright notice with every > entry would cause trouble. Would it be possible to get a version of > FOLDOC under GNU FDL?

Your question has thrown me into a quandary. I had not seen Wikipedia before. It is so close in spirit and function to the new FOLDOC software I am working on that I am wondering whether I should continue with FOLDOC at all or whether I shouldn't just redirect all effort to Wikipedia. Can you think of any reason to keep it seperate?

In the short term, I am more than happy for you to add FOLDOC's content to Wikipedia and hereby release it under GNU FDL.

-- Denis Howe  Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing http://www.foldoc.org/

See also: GNU Free Documentation License resources