A major new encyclopedia project, Nupedia.com, is looking for informed and enthusiastic people to help direct and construct an “open content” encyclopedia, planned to become the largest general encyclopedia in history.The project?s ?open content? tag will mean that anyone can use content taken from Nupedia articles for almost any purpose, both for-profit or non-profit, so long as Nupedia is credited as the source and so long as the distributor of the information does not attempt to restrict others from distributing the same information ? similar to the classic ?copyleft? license designed by Gnu guru Richard Stallman. Nupedia will be ?open content? in the same way that Linux and the Open Directory Project (dmoz.com) are ?open source.? As has been the case with those projects, the organisers are hoping to attract a huge body of talented contributors.Articles will be encoded in XML format, and hyperlinks will be included in many articles. The project is in need of well-qualified writers, editors, and peer reviewers in all areas. Indeed, since making our initial press release in March, over 1500 people from around the world have signed up as Nupedia members.Because Nupedia will be open content, it will be in a freely-distributable public resource created by an international

public effort. In this sense, contributors to the project would be helping to create a significant international educational resource.  Could this be a project worthy of your attentions? If you want to join us or stay apprised of the progress of Nupedia, please take a minute to go to the Nupedia website at http://www.nupedia.com/ and become a member. Check http://www.nupedia.com/steering.html for details about steering committee positions and http://www.nupedia.com/policy.html for a draft statement of Nupedia editorial policy.