Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Content Format

[hooker]

> Hi, Paul,
> Thanks for participating in the conversation...

You're welcome Dan, I'm thoroughly enjoying it !

Dan wrote:
> I think GNE is about having a free alternative to the content that many 
> companies will want to make you pay for in the future.  Of course, the 
> community of authors is very important.
> 
> RMS says in the Project Announcement: "The last and most important rule
for 
> pages in the encyclopedia is the exclusionary rule: If a page on the web 
> covers subject matter that ought to be in the encyclopedia or the course 
> library, but its license is too restricted to qualify, we must not make 
> links to it from encyclopedia articles or from courses."
> 
> Now if we're going to forgo information of this nature, it's a safe bet
that 
> we're willing to forgo the contributions of authors who refuse to
contribute 
> their material in a free format.

I guess that's my personal stumbling block. I don't see the validity of
that argument, and perhaps I need to think about it more.

Hmmm .....

Paul