ChapterZero

Via the latest article on Kuro5hin.org– the first in a long time to be worthy of being on the front page– I (re)discovered the joy of the wikisystem: Wikipedia, Wikibooks, and Wikimedia Commons. The article is on reasons not to use the Creative Commons -NC (non-commercial use only) licenses. It gives cogent reasons, so check it out! Of course there are situations in which it is the best choice; cf. the comments for those. I agree with the author that even when you do find it necessary to use a -NC license, in 99% of the cases, it makes sense to limit the term of the -NC: who cares what happens after they’re dead that much?

Wikibooks has some nice books; I plan on reading the German languge primer– I’ve always wanted to learn German. Unfortunately, the mathematical pickings are virtually non-existent.

Possibly relevant posts:

• all ’bout TeX (7/26/2001)
• Der language German (4/8/2002)
• VNC (3/3/2006)