[Foundation-l] Commons Usurp issue

Wed Jun 4 02:09:59 UTC 2008

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:47 PM, George Herbert
> What it actually says:
> # B. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or
> entities responsible for authorship of the modifications in the
> Modified Version, together with at least five of the principal authors
> of the Document (all of its principal authors, if it has fewer than
> five), unless they release you from this requirement.

But we're using pseudonyms here. Whatever the pseudonym, the account
still belongs to a single author, and we can trace one nickname as
well as we can trace any other nickname.

Keep in mind that we do allow users to be renamed already if they
request it. This doesn't cause any GFDL-related issues, because the
account--by whatever name--still has the same owner. Forcing a rename
is exactly the same as far as the GFDL is concerned, except somebody
besides the owner requests the rename.

If we do not allow forced renames because of the GFDL requirement of
author section invariance, then we should likewise not allow any other
rename actions either.

--Andrew Whitworth