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Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Important decisions should not be rushed


From: Hector Facundo Arena
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Important decisions should not be rushed
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:03:33 +0000

Hi Bob,

I'm forwarding your mail to RMS. It could be a good option.

> Hi Hector,
>
> It would be possible to separate this project into 3 separate,
> cooperating projects:
>
> 1. Design, implementation, and running of a repository of "articles".
> Everything GPL'd, naturally. What we consider an "article" is another
> matter...
>
> 2. Design & implementation of an article-management-system, that
> allowed for a user-definable review cycle, and user-definable
> organisation of material. So, basically we provide a meta-language to
> describe an encyclopedia and the management of its content. We also
> provide tools to execute this meta-model, which, as a minimum, uses
> project (1) the "repository", as the source of libarary information
> (but not exclusively: we should consider the underlying source(s) as
> plug-in modules). Everything GPL'd, naturally.
>
> 3. Design, impelementation, and running of a free encyclopedia using
> the meta-model of project(2), and utilising the repository of project
> (1) for it's source materal. The submission/review lifecycle would
> conform exactly to RHS's and Hector's view of what a free encyclopedia
> should be.  The libarary content, and any extension to projects (1) and
> (2) would be GPL's, naturally.
>
> The repository design and content are available for any other project
> to re-use/join, so long as the usual GPL restrictions are followed. So,
> any of the digital libararies and free encyclopedias would be free to
> make use of it as they saw fit.
>
> The meta-model and tools are available for any other project to
> re-use/join, so long as the usual GPL restrictions are followed. This
> means that, for example, Nupedia would be welcome to re-use our tools,
> and refine the metal-model to match their own definition of an
> encyclopedia and it's review lifecycle. They would also have the
> opportunity, if they so wished, to make use of project(1) as a direct
> plug-in. They would also be able to write their own plug-in in order to
> access other sources of information should they wish. We would have no
> copyright control over any plug-in, but the standard GPL would apply to
> the tools and the definition of the meta-language.
>
> I think that gets what most people want: a core repository that can be
> re-used or shared by many encyclopedias/libraries/almanacs, some decent
> encyclopedia management tools that can also be re-used, and a free
> encyclopedia for those unhappy with the Nupedia (and others) submission
> system.
>
> /Bob Dodd
>
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Hector Facundo Arena
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