[Foundation-l] re GFDL publisher credit

Tue Jul 18 03:31:34 UTC 2006

James Hare wrote:

>It also should be noted we shouldn't have to inundate common people with
>complex logical arguments about something as boring as copyright law.
>
I don't find it boring.

>Jimmy Wales was from Alabama, he had a thirst for knowledge. He studied
>finance at Auburn University -- that's where options trading caught his
>eyes. After a bout of that and Internet porn, he realized: he wanted to live
>like common people; he wanted to live and drink with common people. So he
>decided to dump a lot of money in a website -for- the common people because
>he just liked it that much.
>
Bringing all the bio stuff up says more about you than about him.

>All in all, Wikipedia is for common people, and they'd prefer simple terms
>like "free encyclopedia" than "GFDL general and specialized knowledge
>provider licensed for free and educational use." Common people is what
>Wikipedia is all about.
>
That's very pious of you.

We still need to Free the Law.

Ec