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Jimmy Wales's bigger scandal: Elevation Partners
The New York Times has picked up Valleywag's extensive reporting on the ongoing Jimmy Wales scandal (How to decode the Times story: Whenever they say "a gossip Web site," they mean us.) While most of the story is a rehash, it does raise one interesting point: What's the relationship between Wikipedia and VC firm Elevation Partners? Roger McNamee of Elevation insists he's just acting as a donor and volunteer fundraiser in pulling in $1 million for Wales's Wikimedia Foundation nonprofit. But Wales admits in the article to proposing Wikipedia-branded business ventures like a trivia game or a TV documentary, with funding from Elevation Partners. Another plan we've heard: Changing the terms by which Wikipedia contributors add to the online encyclopedia to a more liberal Creative Commons license. That would make the site's content more readily reused in, say, printed works sold for profit. (Illustration by a newspaper)
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I'm an idiot. Someone please explain "Attribution" to me
I don't compare Creative Commons licenses to the Codex Seraphinianus just to be cruel. True, cruelty is part of the fun, but I'm honestly confused. It comes down to one word I don't grok. Here's your chance to explain it to us idiots. More »
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Creative Commons plot exposed
Why is it so hard to figure out Creative Commons? A paranoid explains:At some point in 2009, the Creative Commons people are going to reveal that every single one of their licenses actually forbids any use at all, even LOOKING at a CC web page, and does so in such a way that it indemnifies Disney, Microsoft and Google for every page on the Internet. The resulting $463 billion settlement will make Boing Boing's editors the wealthiest 4.5 people in the galaxy.All I ask is that they kill us last.
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Creative Commons propaganda -- the 1-slide version
The latest self-satisfied work from the Creative Commons crowd claims to be designed for children. But this thing looks more like the Codex Seraphinianus than it does Dr. Seuss. As a former professional editor for Condé Nast, I spotted a logic error in the first three slides that will confuse many readers. My first reaction was to edit the text, but — seriously — I can't figure out what the copyright rules on it are. Folks, if you're truly serious about sharing your creative works, publish your next comic on a wiki.
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Creative Commons in plain English
How did someone finally explain the Creative Commons copyright alternative in a way the average American can understand? By trying to explain it to children in the developing world. This illustrated guide to CC was made for the One Laptop Per Child project. I dunno if it'll scan well into Swahili, but it works great in English.
party report
Elevation Partners — you know, the hedge fund with added Bono — threw a party for Wikipedia at the Third Street Grill. The big news was that Wikipedia has updated its license to be compatible with Larry Lessig's Creative Commons, which should make it even easier for schoolkids to copy entries wholesale into their term papers. Or something. I was on my fourth Cape Codder by the time they started announcing things, so I wasn't really paying attention. More »
Take this Wikipedia and shove it
Elevation Partners — you know, the hedge fund with added Bono — threw a party for Wikipedia at the Third Street Grill. The big news was that Wikipedia has updated its license to be compatible with Larry Lessig's Creative Commons, which should make it even easier for schoolkids to copy entries wholesale into their term papers. Or something. I was on my fourth Cape Codder by the time they started announcing things, so I wasn't really paying attention. More »
12:22 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Megan McCarthy
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Latest by Owen Thomas: @Philipp Lenssen: Should we update the piece to read, "Something inconsequential happened with Wikipedia and Creative Commons"? Sounds like it. more »
to-do
To-Do: Camp, shine, stir
- Today and tomorrow: Catch the tail end of Mashup Camp in Mountain View, even though you missed lunch. Remember: "Camp" is what the kids are calling conferences. [Mashup Camp]
- Tonight at 6: Two boys from Facebook speak at this month's Creative Commons Salon in Shine (the bar at 1337 Mission Street). [Creative Commons Salon]
- Tonight at 6: Get shakin' at Stirr #4, where entrepreneurs schmooze for flacks, investors, and new employees. It's the most legitimate booze you'll ever expense to your company. Come give Valleywag tips in person. [Stirr.net]
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To-Do tonight: Mashh it, mixx it, stirr it, digg it
- Creative Commons Salon: Hang with master archiver Rick Prelinger and others at San Fran bar Shine. Starts at 6, drop in any time by 9. [Upcoming.org]
- Stirr 3: The guest list's closed, but come late and see if you can't slip into this Palo Alto mixer after the one-minute demos are over — they're overrated anyway. What you need is to network. Hard. [Upcoming.org
- Diggnation One Year Anniversary Show: Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht (pictured) record the 50th Diggnation show at San Fran's Beach Chalet. Buy them shots, dude, so they can get sooooo wasted.
