[Wikipedia-l] An FDL test case: McFly

Thu Feb 12 07:57:36 UTC 2004

On Thursday 12 February 2004 01:57 am, Alex R. wrote:
> Maybe this shows that using the GFDL is not necessarily the best licensing
> scheme to use. But what are the actual damages, everyone wants the content
> of Wikipedia copied, he is copying it, it is just that his interpretation
> of what
> the GFDL says is not the same as the interpretation of what is being done
> on Wikipedia. Who is to say that Wikipedia is right and he is wrong? 

If someone were to visit http://www.slashdotsucks.com:8080/wik/Philosophy they 
would not see any GFDL notice, and would therefore assume that the text was 
copyrighted by the owner of the site, and not available under any "free" 
license such as the GFDL. In this sense it is a violation of the spirit of 
the GFDL by making it as hard as possible for uninformed visitors to know the 
copyright and license status of the texts.

This is exactly the kind of trolling anthony engages in all over wikipedia.

Best,
Sascha Noyes
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