[racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Probably we should just license all those examples under a very
permissive license.

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> You have my permission (not sure which ones I wrote exacty).
>
> Robby
>
> On Thursday, August 18, 2011, Joan Arnaldich <jarnaldich at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> So adding the examples from the main page wasn't a good idea at
>> all. My fault. The following link:
>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Can_I_add_something_to_Wikipedia_that_I_got_f
>> rom_somewhere_else.3F
>>
>> states that content under a GNU only license is NOT compatible with
>> Wikipedia.
>>
>> So I think we only have the following options:
>>
>> 1 - Obtaining an explicit declaration of consent from the authors of
>> the examples, following the process described here:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission
>>
>> All it should take is a couple of emails. Model provided here:
>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries
>>
>> 2 - Creating a page somewhere else with the examples and a big
>> CC-BY-SA logo and refering to that as the source. (Dirty hack, I don't
>> think I like that one...).
>>
>> 3 - Getting rid of the page and starting all over again / rewriting
>> all the examples and descriptions that have been copied. This one is
>> risky, because the deletion discussion can start all over again in the
>> new page...
>>
>> I'd go for 1, but I can't do it myself...
>>
>> Anyway... and somewhat off-topic... I never imagined adding such a
>> simple page would be such a pain. IMHO, the whole process requires too
>> much energy from too many people. I cannot understand why some
>> Wikipedia editors seem so interested in people NOT
>> learning. Unfortunately, this is not something new...
>>
>>
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/fkt7t/nemerle_factor_alice_ml_and_other_program
>> ming/
>>
>> Well, hope this can be solved, in the end...
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Joan.
>>
>>
>>
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