permaculture

[Chad Knepp <pyg@galatea.org>]

Hi, 

I had the exact same idea about 3 years ago, seeing the same
questions/debates over and over and wondering how to turn this
incredible source of information into a more accessible resource and
perhaps cut down on some repetition.  Currently a small group of
permie-geeks are working on something like this starting by extending
a CC licenced derivative of the PFAF dataset.  The latest most
interesting version (as in fully editable) is
<http://dev.permaculture.info/>.  If this is interesting to you
please consider joining us instead of heading out on your own.  

Cheers,
Chad

neshura writes:
 > At one point I started writing the skeleton of a pc-wiki that would
 > spider, analyze, and structure the whole of the PC list archive so
 > that I could browse the emails in a rich-context format, i.e. with
 > plant names linked back to a best-guess PFAF link, similar emails
 > grouped together and taggable, annotation and deep-linking of common
 > terms, author-grouping, and url-scraping into a "bookmarks" page for
 > myself.
 > 
 > But I got distracted, probably by something shiny. Anyway, since the
 > archive is freely available for viewing and copying right now, it
 > seems to me wise to look into the standing of the archive per
 > copyright. I would assume that the default is that the copyright on
 > each email belongs to the author unless and until they explicitly give
 > up or transfer their rights? I have no idea, actually. There is no
 > license information limiting reproduction of the archives when one
 > signs up, nor are there any limits published on the archive site
 > itself.
 > 
 > Since there *is* useful information in the list from which people
 > might profit, like much of the Internet except probably the wholly
 > useless blogosphere, perhaps a permie-friendly Creative Commons
 > license on content is in order.
 > 
 > I would release whatever worthless rambling I write into the public
 > domain and good luck to the scammers, but there are certainly more
 > knowledgeable and experienced permaculturists as well as authors who
 > might have more concern.
 > 
 > Any thoughts?
 > -neshura

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Chad Knepp
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