It is also a legally supportable statement since NASA is making it as a comment about their license. How is it not a violation of WP:CRYSTAL? - Walkiped ( T | C) 22:33, 8 January 2007 (UTC) Reply It's an implication of the fact that the license is open source. In the Competition section, the article makes this claim: NASA World Wind will always be free and open. Why should we mention that it has a Wikipedia plugin when there are hundreds of other plugins that are unmentioned? These kinds of self-references look out of place when the information is redistributed. DLL 17:17, 3 August 2006 (UTC) Reply No he's not. Chuq 02:22, 21 June 2006 (UTC) Reply Ok Chuq, you're right. For example, the above is ok, but a link in Australia to, for example, Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board, or a link in Mark to User:Mark, or a comment saying "For a list of musicians with Wikipedia articles, see. What do you think ? - DLL 20:57, 20 June 2006 (UTC) Reply I don't think it is a problem - It isn't a problem to mention Wikipedia in an article if the topic relates to Wikipedia. Maybe not in a section of the article, only in the external link. One of these layers, Wikipedia - I'm not sure if this self reference is authorised here. DJ Barney ( talk) 22:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC) Reply Yes hopefully we can agree to put a link at the bottom of the page for those more interested in license specifics, I'm sure the average wikipedia reader uses the Oxford English dictionary version definition of the term free, the FSF link should be included for developers etc.ĩ2.233.25.58 ( talk) 23:02, 23 February 2009 (UTC)ĩ2.233.25.58 ( talk) 23:03, 23 February 2009 (UTC) Reply The editor is probably just trying to improve the article. If you must be pedantic place a link at the bottom of the page, otherwise you should state that NASA and all the other quoted entities below consider World Wind to be free along with FSF's opinion.ĩ2.233.25.58 ( talk) 22:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC) Reply Assume good faith though. NET version of World Wind, there was some discussion regarding changing the projects name to WorldWind but it at this time it is still officially 'NASA World Wind '.Īs for the 'free' debate, this was discussed at length before, it is 'Free Software' accordind to everyone except FSF, who as pointed out below do not own the copyright on the word free. I am currently the Project Manager for the. World Wind is also not a cow or a drink, should we mention that in the article too? Free Software Foundation claims are handled in the NASA_Open_Source_Agreement article. Put a link at the very bottom if you must, but it does not belong at the top of the entry.Ģ08.111.210.13 ( talk) 17:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC) Reply and the program itself is using the "World Wind" name with space, as for the "not free software". Keep the Stallman debate out of the WW entry. STOP changing the corrections back to two words.Ģ. Yes, it is spelled with 2 on the NASA site, but that is not the official spelling. It is spelled WorldWind, ONE word, not two. To fill out this checklist, please add the following code to the template call:ġ. This article has not yet been checked against the criteria for B-Class status: Maps Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps Template:WikiProject Maps Maps articles If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Maps, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Maps and Cartography on Wikipedia. This article is supported by Free and open-source software (assessed as Mid-importance). This article is supported by WikiProject Software (assessed as Mid-importance). This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. Computing Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing Template:WikiProject Computing Computing articles This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of computers, computing, and information technology on Wikipedia. This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects:Ĭomputing : Software / Free and open-source software C‑class Low‑importance
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