[Wikipedia-l] Preserving GFDL requirements when splitting articles

Sun Nov 20 22:46:51 UTC 2005

Anthony DiPierro wrote:

>Read clause 9 of the GFDL:  "You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or
>distribute the Document except as expressly provided for under this
>License. Any other attempt to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute
>the Document is void, and will automatically terminate your rights
>under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or
>rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses
>terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance." 
>Wikimedia distributes the Document other than as expressly provided
>for under the GFDL, and has already had its rights under the GFDL
>terminated.
>
>Wikipedia's use of the GFDL is already absurd.  If you want to make
>any sense of things you have to look beyond the GFDL.
>
>Anthony
>  
>
Under clause 9 aren't we already in breach of the license due to the 
fact that many things on wikipedia are multi licensed and despite our 
best efforts the licenses don't always match up with each other totally?

-Jtkiefer