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Wikimedia Foundation representatives met this week with officials from two major institutions regarding the issue of access to archival materials. The
Library of Congress has expressed interest in including Wikipedia content as part of its archive collection, while also indicating that it could make a sizable amount of its own material available for use on Wikimedia projects. In addition, use of a substantial collection belonging to the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is being negotiated (...)
The material would be available on terms compatible with Wikipedia licensing.. " (
read the rest of Signpost story) It's nice to see traditional knowledge holders are begining to realize their goals are compatibile with Wikipedia. This is the snowball effect I have been mentioning from time to time - one of the factors supporting Wiikipedia
exponential growth. Sure, they will be exceptions. But whenever somebody "breaks" and starts cooperating with Wikipedia, it makes it that much easier - or necessary - for others to follow his suit. And one of the beauties of this is that when you start working with Wikipedia, you enter the realm of
open sourced and
copylefted information. If Library of Congress starts supporting
GFDL or
CC, it will be a good day for all citizens :)
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