User talk:BillK

Bill,

Thanks very much for setting up the wiki and the tips on editing.

Andrius and the folks behind myfoodstory.org are working on converting their public stories into wikimedia format and placing them on the origins wikia. Are there any examples or technical tools that people use for synchronizing content between wikia and other sites?

GregWolff 06:21, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Bill,

Thank you for visiting the Origins wiki!

Is there any way to set the terms of the Origins wiki to Public Domain except as noted?

The GNU FDL license is not compatible with the kind of social networking and outreach that is at the heart of sharing food stories:
 * It discourages moral people from using their best judgement in sharing excerpts to foster social networking.
 * It discourages many commercial uses of the work which are important for sustainability.
 * It discourages the inclusion of authentic sources when they are copyright.
 * It is in many ways ignored and thus discourages people who do care about morality.

The current terms at the Origins wiki make it impractical for our Minciu Sodas laboratory to invest ourselves in the Origins wiki and instead to focus on our work at My Food Story which is in the Public Domain except as noted. This is unfortunate!

AndriusKulikauskas 07:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)