Possible Revival of FIRSTwiki?

[StevenB]

Originally Posted by Hallry

He is up for updating the wiki, but stated that one large task which needs to be done is to update the software behind the MediaWiki installation to an up to date version (the current version installed is 5 years old) Is anyone with experience in Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL wanting to help us update the software?

A few people already noticed this and volunteered (unionylibertad and myself)

Originally Posted by cbale2000

I think we might be seriously over-thinking this licensing "issue". I can just about guarantee that more than 90% of the editors of FIRSTwiki don't (or didn't) even know there IS a license, let alone care about it changing.

Tristan has articulated this point particularly well: if we do a good job other groups or projects may want to use the content - the most prominent and likely example being Wikipedia. The problem is that all content imported into Wikipedia must be under CC-BY-SA, not GFDL.

The problem isn't about whether the contributors care what happens with their work; the problem is how the work can be used by others. I don't want to care about the GFDL or CC-BY-SA, or any other legal shenanigans. As long as I can read about teams and write about motors, I'm happy. But other people do care, and for good reason. Wikipedia is trying very hard to become a respectable source and not violate copyright law, and they have to pay careful attention to where content comes from. As much as I'd like to, I don't think we should just fake or fudge the license; that will only cause problems down the road.

WikiTravel's discussion of the topic is useful to get a simple overview of the issue and its implications: Why Wikitravel isn't GFDL.