On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 20:53, Mike Frysinger <vapier....@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/2/16 Manuel Hohmann <mhohm...@physnet.uni-hamburg.de>: > > On 16.02.2012 13:16, Bill Traynor wrote: > >> I applaud your effort and wish you the best of luck, but elinux.org is > a > >> wiki already, so I'm not really understanding why you wouldn't simply > add > >> your content to it? > > > > In fact that was my first idea, and I went through the eLinux wiki for > > quite some time. However, I wasn't sure whether it's the right place for > > my content, which is not restricted to embedded systems (even though the > > current content may suggest that) or Linux development, but of more > > general nature. Besides, the eLinux wiki policy states that it is "not > > an encyclopedia", but something like a "hardware encyclopedia" was just > > what I was thinking of when I started my wiki. > > another important thing to consider -- the elinux wiki requires you to > use the GFDL for content posted there which is really quite > unfortunate. > This is about to change. I've been meaning to switch the default license to a Creative Commons license, with the option for contributors to use another license of their choice. Details still to be worked out. > along those lines, i don't see your wiki including any licensing info > ... you might want to add that before accepting contributions. i'd > suggest a creative commons one, perhaps what Wikipedia uses: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License > -mike >
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