[Foundation-l] Offering Wikibooks content for sale

Wed Jul 5 17:39:36 UTC 2006

Delirium wrote:
> I agree only in the very narrow case of the use of the trademarked name 
> "Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.", and possibly any logos if they were used.  
> I hope that was the complaint to Lula.

Of course.  And there was no complaint, just a request that they put a
hold on this until we get it sorted.  I was told about this at 11PM, I
know Bob Young (CEO of Lulu), he's a good guy.

> In the more general case, the entire *point* of the GFDL is that you 
> *don't* need the permission or approval of the original author to 
> republish in any form you see fit.  It might be nice to consult with 
> them, but we absolutely can not and should not prevent people from 
> unilaterally printing books.

Precisely!