> licenses -- data, overviews, and reference-style knowledge should all Would you please explain what do you mean as "reference-style knowledge"?
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Samuel Klein<[email protected]> wrote: > When I say "world of WP" I mean "world post-WP" -- the world we live > in, in which certain businesses are failing now that basic reliable > information and data are available freely... > > It would be healthy to see compatibly-licensed projects that use > different sets of core principles; not just wikinfo (for instance) but > also POV specialist reference works. There is an audience for that, > and they should also be encouraged to contribute to free knowledge. > And if someone can find a way to keep professional encyclopedists from > dying out as a breed, that would be good. I don't want to see other > reference works go out of business; I do want to see them adopt free > licenses -- data, overviews, and reference-style knowledge should all > be free. > > SJ > > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Kul Takanao > Wadhwa<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> - experienced professional reference-work writers (and we should help them >>> find ways to sustain themselves, particularly in niche markets -- one way is >>> by distributing the underlying work needed to find and organize data). >>> there is room in the world-of-WP for effective, sustainable POV and >>> specialist works >> >> SJ - Just curious...where in WP do you think POV and specialist works >> could fit? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
