CapitanCook was a free, open content travel guide. The website was a wikiwiki, so everyone could create or edit articles, in order to share travel experiences and independent information. CapitanCook provided more than 1800 articles and photos on destinations around the world. All the articles and photos were published under the GNU Free Documentation License. Open content, coined by analogy with open source, (though technically it is actually share-alike) describes any kind of creative work including articles, pictures, audio, and video that is published in a format that explicitly allows the copying of the information. ... The following is a list of travel guides and web sites with substantial international coverage. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Wiki Science A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. ... GNU logo The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a copyleft license for free content, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU project. ...

On November 29, 2003 CapitanCook merged with World66. November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World66 is a Dutch company which embraced the open content idea and is currently trying to transform it into a profitable business. ...