On 5/2/07, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@internationalhouseofbacon.com wrote:
Again, this isn't a copyvio situation (and our copyright paranoia is a whole different can of worms), but a situation of contradictory and unclear legality that shouldn't be handled the way it has been thus far.
-Jeff
see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content#A_little_game:_...
No it isn't copyright but it doesn't fit into any of the normal areas of IP law (born secret might be the closest thing (heh neither have ever been tested in court)).
Untill the foundation does it's thing it will have to be handled in the normal way which means those dealing with the issue useing a mixture of what knowlage they do have and playing safe.