Re: Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-21 الحوار Nadim Shaikli
--- Mohammed Sameer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 10:15:31PM -0700, Nadim Shaikli wrote: In short, you won't see/hear me oppose this but this is not my decision to make (I'm just trying to sway the direction ;-) I would as is noted above at least make ONE exception and

Re: Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-12 الحوار Ossama Khayat
--- Nadim Shaikli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Isam Bayazidi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think that the license of the Wordlist should change, but what I am hoping for is a permission to use it under FDL.. let Wordlist continue as [...] Personally I am all for this - the two people

Re: Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-11 الحوار Nadim Shaikli
--- Isam Bayazidi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think that the license of the Wordlist should change, but what I am hoping for is a permission to use it under FDL.. let Wordlist continue as you see fit, or double license it.. after all what matters the most is to have the effort utilized

Re: Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-07 الحوار Arafat Medini
Salam, I took a look at a translated version of the gnu fdl into German to better understand the meaning. the gnu fdl is #very# simple to understand, it's simply an extension to the gnu gpl, the SAME terms that apply to gpld software apply to fdld written text. It's like you take the gpl and

Re: Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-06 الحوار Nadim Shaikli
--- Isam Bayazidi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well.. basically they are 2 different licenses, and it isn't possible to have the GPL Wordlist put into the GFDL Wiktionary because the 2 licenses do not allow freely re licencing or moving the content between the different licenses, approval from

Re: Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-06 الحوار Isam Bayazidi
As I heard from the Wikimedia Lawyer, reason they are incompatible is that none of the 2 licences said that you could take something that is under it, and put it in the other license. So nothing in the GPL text says that you can use the GPL material under FDL, and so it is incompatible. But

Re: Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-06 الحوار Mohammed Sameer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 08:01:04AM -0700, Nadim Shaikli wrote: --- Isam Bayazidi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well.. basically they are 2 different licenses, and it isn't possible to have the GPL Wordlist put into the GFDL Wiktionary because the 2

Re: Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-05 الحوار Nadim Shaikli
--- Isam Bayazidi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am currently in the Wikimania Conference (Wikimedia/Open Content Event). I was talking with Gerard Mel and he asked if there is a wordlist English/Arabic that the Wiktionary project could use ( http://www.wiktionary.org). The Problem is the

Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-04 الحوار Isam Bayazidi
Hi all, I am currently in the Wikimania Conference (Wikimedia/Open Content Event). I was talking with Gerard Mel and he asked if there is a wordlist English/Arabic that the Wiktionary project could use (http://www.wiktionary.org). The Problem is the wordlist is under the GNU GPL License, while

Re: Wordlist in Wiktionary

2005-08-04 الحوار Mohammed Sameer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 10:09:44PM +0300, Isam Bayazidi wrote: Hi all, I am currently in the Wikimania Conference (Wikimedia/Open Content Event). I was talking with Gerard Mel and he asked if there is a wordlist English/Arabic that