Bennett Haselton contributes the next essay on the ramification of license choice as it applies to sites based on user contributions; read on below for more of his big idea for making Knol a more useful resource. "Google Knol should allow its writers to publish under a innovative Commons Share Alike license. The preceding sentence may not mean much to you, but if you've ever wanted to cite a Wikipedia article as a source, or simply read a Wikipedia article with some certitude that someone wasn't pulling your leg with some original editing, or if you've wanted to contribute to Wikipedia but couldn't afford the time unless you received some modest reparation for it, then the addition of this one simple feature to Knol might make all the difference." (More below.)

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