[Foundation-l] Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: w to properly use articles from an outside GFDL source?

Sun May 30 09:18:52 UTC 2004

> We are stuck with the GFDL as is until the FSF makes changes to that
> license. Let's concentrate on improving the license we have - Jimmy has
> already stated that the FSF and CC people are interested in this type of
> thing.

Exactly - our only way out of the license issues we currently have is to 
persuade the FSF to change it - a new license would apply to all *existing* 
articles without requireing an additional statement from the authors. 
However, if I remember correctly, we had some discussion in Germany some 
yeras ago that this particular point of the GNU Licenses (that the author 
license it's wark under whatever license the FSF will change it's current one 
into) would not be legal according to german law. I don't know if and how 
this was settled and if that's still an issue; I just wanted to mention that 
we possibly could run into difficulties here. But it's a very minor risk in 
my opinion, so it should not stop us from these talks with the FSF.

Uli