Z:gnu-www-ja-free-encyclopedia--79caa0-In the past, encyclopedias hav/en

In the past, encyclopedias have been written under the direction of a single organization, which made all decisions about the content, and have been published in a centralized fashion. It would not make sense to develop and publish the free encyclopedia in those ways&mdash;they fit poorly with the nature of the World Wide Web and with the resources available for writing the encyclopedia.