[WikiEducator] Congratulations to WikiMedia Foundation on Licensing Changes

2009-05-24 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Everyone, I've been meaning to post a word of congratulations to the WikiMedia Foundation on our list, who recently announced exiting changes to their licensing policy. Following a positive community vote, the WikiMedia Foundation have passed a resolution to relicense the content of their

[WikiEducator] Re: Congratulations to WikiMedia Foundation on Licensing Changes

2009-05-24 Thread Chris Harvey
Congratulations to all of you. Looks like Wikieducator made a good decision with cc-by-sa Warm Regards Chris Harvey On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I've been meaning to post a word of congratulations to the WikiMedia

[WikiEducator] Re: Congratulations to WikiMedia Foundation on Licensing Changes

2009-05-24 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Chris, CC-BY-SA was the right decision for the time --- we had the advantage of starting WE a little later than Wikipedia. We also support the CC-BY license in respect for freedom of choice under licenses which meet the requirements of the free cultural works definition. We should also pay