Andre wrote:
> Initially, it will result in a significant decrease in the number of > FAQs. However, it will clear up the licensing issue. It should also > ensure that the information is applicable for current (2.0) versions > of OOo. If this is the only way, I'd rather live with the non-perfect situation and discuss about licensing issues from time to time.
It doesn't matter what solution is adopted, there will be problems related to the licence that the material is distributed under. One licence ---especially if it is a well understood one --- makes usage of the material much easier for third parties. (Personally, I'd suggest CC-BY-SA 3.0 --- The non-localized version of 3.0 --- with "attribution" being defined as the wiki.
There is a lot more at the wiki than FAQ. There are some extremely
I should have phrased that as "invite all prior contributors to restart their contributions to the wiki".
idea of PD. But it would be hard to contact some of the authors :-(
Appoint somebody to contact all authors, and for those who either can not be contacted, or who decline to allow their material to be relicensed, make a non-public archive of the affected pages. Depending upon the number of pages thus affected, have two or three people rewrite those articles from scratch. ####### On a personal note, I'm waiting for the wiki licence issue to be resolved, before submitting anything there. [I've got half a dozen how-to articles on my computer.] xan jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
