2009/5/28 David Goodman <dgoodma...@gmail.com>: > The solution, as with international affairs, is tolerance. In this > case, the practical aceptance of all free licenses as equivalent, > regardless of lthe licensing zealots.
Comparing Affero to just about any other free license shows that to be completely false. >Free culture arose to permit > reuse, and should continue that way. We should simply have told the > FSF: At least when dealign with text, we regard all CC-BY licenses as > compatible with each other and with GFDL, and therefore there's > nothing that needs to be negotiated. It's a great way to get reuses sued by discruntled wikipedians but has no useful function. The foundation doesn't hold the copyright on very much GFDL or CC-BY-SA material so it's opinion is of little wider importance. The courts on the other hand.... > Anyone who wants to use our > content There isn't really any. The foundation is not a major IP holder. >under any such license is welcome, and we will treat yours > similarly, under the presumption that any court would regard the > differences as insignificant. The odds of a court coming to that ruling are effectively zilch since it would cause serious issues with the wider legal landscape in relation to copyright licensing. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
