http://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Copyright_policy#Non-commercial_licenses "Noncomercial-only licenses are basically the same thing as torturing kittens."
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > On 12/09/11 22:01, Tobias Knerr wrote: >> >> There is actually an independent MediaWiki-based local wiki in my town >> already, but some years ago they converted to a non-free license in >> order to appease the local news paper that runs the servers. :( > > > +1 - my city, Karlsruhe, prides itself to have one of the largest City Wikis > in the world, but it's CC-BY-SA-NC and they spend half of their time suing > people who use their content in a commercial publication. Sadly the fact > that "NC" does not qualify as "free and open" has not really made into the > heads of the general public. > > Bye > Frederik > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
