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* The '''[[w:Wikitravel|Wikitravel]]''' [http://www.wikitravel.org/ (.org)] [[w:crowdsourcing|crowdsourced]] free travel guide since 2003. Originally [[GFDL]] that was migrated to CC-SA-3.0 on January 1, 2010. | |||
'''[[w:Wikitravel|Wikitravel]]''' [http://www.wikitravel.org/ (.org)] | |||
* The '''[[w:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]]''' [https://wikivoyage.org (.org)] forked off by contributors in mid-2012 and operated by [[Wikimedia Foundation]] also has roots in earlier efforts to compile a global travel guide by crowdsourcing almost all of content. Wikivoyage was founded in 2006 and the content fork possible under [[copyleft]] was in 2012. | |||
This is a major area of interest, especially if tour packages can be [[barcode]]d in catalogues, or destinations assessed for various criteria: | is a project to promote tourist destinations with information compiled by wiki. This is a major area of interest, especially if tour packages can be [[barcode]]d in catalogues, or destinations assessed for various criteria: | ||
impact on environment, use of child or slave labour, etc. - killing the [[ | impact on environment, use of child or slave labour, etc. - killing the [[tourist trade]] is a great way to get the government to take heavy handed action against the offenders who are ruining these hard cash industries... | ||
It uses [[mediawiki]], for now, but it also uses the Creative Commons license, a [[parametric license | It uses [[mediawiki]], for now, but it also uses the [[Creative Commons license]], a [[parametric license]] of high quality, for contributions. This should be considered by the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] as well, as the [[Creative Commons Board]] has a very well-designed process for adding new types of licenses and terms - such as the [[Consumerium Software License]] may need to be. The "by" [[attribution]] with "sa" [[share-alike]] version of the CC are similar to those of the [[GFDL]] although they are not compatible, and seem impossible to make so. Relicensing the [[R&D wiki]] under a CC license is probably possible under certain conditions, especially given the broad terms in our [[Consumerium:disclaimer]]. | ||