--- In whoconcord@..., Nathan Hawks <nhawks@...> wrote:
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> My $0.02...
>
> WikiMedia/ Creative Commons is just about the only publishing option
available unless y'all want to pursue licensing from all the sources
e.g. the BBC and other original creators of the stuff you're compiling.
>
> I think it's a great idea to publish under the CC copyleft.
>
> Is this project going to / or currently / tie in with d20? Maybe
issue a statement of purpose so the lurkers might see what they've been
lurking for :)
>
> That'll be two cents, please :)

There are a few confusions here, I think.

First, there are two databases under discussion here. There's the
Whoniverse database that Stephen runs over at whoniverse.net, and
there's the databases available here.

If there's a way of combining these to database sets online to produce
something unique and comprehensive, then great. Free online publishing
is certainly within the realms of Creative Commons.

My intention here, I've been quite open, is to form the basis of an
unofficial publication - much like Lance Parkin's AHistory or the
various encyclopedias that abound, with contributors credited along
the way. Such a book would contain essays and would report researched
information and sources, but wouldn't use content or characters in a
creative way.

Obviously the last thing I'd want to do is make the content free under
Creative Commons.

Its probably utterly stupid of me to do this in the public domain, but
there you go.

AD