On 27/10/2007, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 25/10/2007, Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher@gmail.com wrote:
We need some lawsuits as precedents, because until it goes to court it just seems to be one lawyer's opinion against another's. So any volunteers? ;)
cheers Brianna
Not a good idea. Apart from anything else the most obvious targets would be the various wikimedia projects and the FSF.
1) I wasn't serious, and 2) I don't see how. Book/Webpage uses CC-BY-SA or GFDL image from Commons. Commons author sues book/webpage author for (in their eyes) breaking the license by not releasing the book/webpage under the same license. Then we would know a legal interpretation.
Of course, if it was the "wrong" interpretation, we'd be a bit screwed and have to do a hella lotta cleanup real quick. (Wikinews could only use CC-BY or PD images. The rest could only use GFDL or CC-BY or PD images, so I imagine there would be an incredible dual-licensing drive.) But at least we would know for sure.
Well, given that, I'm rather glad we don't know after all. ;)
cheers Brianna