[WikiEN-l] Re: more active censorship

Thu Jul 7 09:15:23 UTC 2005

Timwi wrote:
> He already said that. He wanted to re-read the block page. That is a
> perfectly legitimate thing to want. Also, by the GFDL, users *must* be
> able to retrieve the source code of a page.

I have no comment about the rest of this thread, but I wanted to point
out that this is not true.  What is required by the GFDL is *not* that
people be able to retrieve the source, but that they are able to get a
"Transparent" copy.

The actual readable text presented in your browser *is* the transparent
version.  You can cut and paste it into a generic text editor.

So whether or not this is a bug or a feature, there are zero license
implications at stake here.

--Jimbo