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Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria


From: Hector Facundo Arena
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:10:01 +0000

I think Jimmy has the correct answer for this issue. I also like the name!

What do you think guys?

El Viernes 19 Enero 2001 17:52, escribiste:
> There seems to be general consensus (including Hector and RMS)
> that the 'gnupedia' name is too close to Nupedia's name, such
> that it would cause unnecessary confusion going forward.
>
> One very interesting idea that I see emerging from this discussion
> has been posed in several ways:
>
> 1.  By analogy, 'gnupedia' is like GNU/FSF software, and 'nupedia'
> is like a cleaned up distribution.
>
> OR
>
> 2.  Nupedia is peer reviewed and edited, and people are generally
> thinking of 'gnupedia' as broader and mostly unedited (perhaps with
> some clever filtering mechanisms to allow end users to edit for
> themselves).
>
> OR
>
> 3.  Nupedia is like an encyclopedia, 'gnupedia' is like an open
> library.
>
> I think there are many good reasons for things to go down in this
> way.
>
> -----
>
> I propose a name for what was the 'gnupedia' group: "Gnu/Alexandria".
> As you probably know, "Alexandria" was a very famous library that
> was considered at the time to be the center of all knowledge.  It was,
> I believe, the largest and most inclusive library on the planet.
> But, it was destroyed.
>
> This is a romantic name for the project, and it adequately captures
> the grand vision that many of you have for a wide-open repository
> of knowledge.
>
> And this doesn't compete directly with Nupedia's mission, and it
> doesn't 'fork' our work unnecessarily.  This is more general work,
> with a bigger and broader mission.  Rather than creating a *single*
> work in the library of knowledge, GNU/Alexandria can create a set
> of *tools* and a *repository* for _all_ works in the library of knowledge.
>
> This is complementary to what we are doing.
>
> --Jimbo

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Hector Facundo Arena
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