Their license text indicates that they are aiming o be free as in freedom, but they do not have a proper license as of yet (all it says is that "you can use our stuff in the same way as with Wikipedia's stuff", and a bunch of articles are marked with "free license", but without specifying that any further). But it does look very promising, in my opinion.
2009/2/26 Ian A. Holton <[email protected]> > But is it free as in free beer or freedom? > > --Ian > [[User:Poeloq]] > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Finn Rindahl <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Since our (WMF) aim is to provide free knowledge, I would say that SNL > > making a free online edition is a proof of our success more than a new > > "competitor". They have a lot to learn from us, we have a lot to learn > from > > them. And whoever is seeking free knowledge in Norwegian on the web will > > have more alternatives. > > > > Finn Rindahl > > > > 2009/2/25 John at Darkstar <[email protected]> > > > > > Our "national lexicon" here in Norway, Store Norske Leksikon, went > > > online with its new free edition today. The new edition has user > > > contributed articles. The chief editor says some of the reason for the > > > new edition is the harsh competition from Wikipedia, especially > > > no.wikipedia.org which outnumbered their previous article count last > > > year, now counting 209,079 articles. Also the alternate version > > > nn.wikipedia.org (a variation in Nynorsk) is growing steadilly, now > > > counting 46,466 articles. Store Norske Leksikon now claims they has > > > 300,000 articles after inclusion of two other encyclopedias, a medical > > > encyclopedia Store medisinske leksikon and a biographical encyclopedia > > > Biografisk leksikon. Previously they had 155,000 articles. > > > > > > Wikipedia in bokmål should have 300K articles around February or March > > > next year, it depends on how we will be influenced by the changes in > SNL. > > > > > > John Erling Blad > > > jeblad > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Jon Harald Søby http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
