Well, I still hope the software behind wikipedia will remain free.

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Charlotte Webb
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> On 11/20/08, K. Peachey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Wikipedia set for video explosion?
>
> As long as it's not a "fair use" explosion the glass windows won't break.
>
> > According to CNet
> > <
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10103177-2.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea
> >,
> > this could include picture editing software and allow users to modify
> images
> > and see past revisions in the same way as they can the text.
>
> There is a proposal to add an edit box and a diff view for .svg files
> (which are stored in plain text) but it's been on the back burner for
> 2+1/2 years.
>
> Obviously making bitmap/raster images editable and diffable in situ
> would be significantly harder (and less likely to have a constructive
> purpose) than doing so for svgs, so I'll believe it after I see it.
>
> —C.W.
>
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