Anthony DiPierro wrote:
On 6/3/06, Anthony DiPierro
<wikilegal(a)inbox.org> wrote:
In any case, the letter probably shouldn't
state
"you're OK if you do *this*" but rather "you're not OK if you
don't do
*this*".
Actually, I sort of misspoke. It'd be *better* if the Wikimedia
Foundation came up with a set of simple, concrete steps which would
allow for GFDL compliance.
But this is unlikely to happen for two reasons - the GFDL is not easy
to comply with, and Wikipedia is set up in a way which makes GFDL
compliance even more difficult.
Well, we do have some working guidelines here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Users.27_rights_and_oblig…
Those are the ones usually used when determining the category in which
to list Wikipedia mirrors and forks under
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/GFDL_Compliance
(and similarly to whom to send letters requesting compliance).
Whether these steps are precisely equivalent to following the GFDL is
another matter, but they're something of a consensus opinion on what
we'd like our downstream users to do. That is, if people follow those
criteria, the vast majority of Wikimedians/Wikipedians will be
satisfied, and the downstream user will get listed in the nice
green-colored category.
-Mark