Is there anything a non-DD can do to help get the debian wiki licensing mess straightened out? I'd like to help, but I'm not a DD. Also, I'd like to point out that this is something that I'm going to have to set up a separate wiki because of, because the current wiki situation doesn't allow for my use case. I am putting together systems with debian & xfce4 to give away to people who can't afford a computer. They're going to be end-users, probably with little or no computer experience. I am going to be supporting them. Before sending systems out the door I am going to write documentation, and I will be having forums and mailing lists for users to help each other. Ideally I would to have the documentation work-in-progress, and things I haven't thought of yet, and stuff I just haven't had time for yet, to be worked on by the more savvy users. A wiki would be ideal for that, but I can't use the debian wiki because I can pull the changes off the wiki into the manuals and such I'll be writing because the changes have no license and are therefore not allowed to use in derivative works (legally). I could probably get away with it, but I am a stickler for following the rules when it comes to copyright and such like, so I won't be doing that. Perhaps some might think me an idiot for obeying those laws, but that's the way I am, and I think debian's philosophy, if actually followed, would make it possible to obey the law and do good stuff. All the stuff I do will of course be DFSG-free, I just want to make sure I can incorporate what others do into my own works, assuming them meant for such to happen (which is what is *implied* by a wiki, by *not* what is actually legally the case). Regards, Daniel -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org The C Shore: http://www.wightman.ca/~cshore
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