On 10/19/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 10/19/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
"Critics of the GPL often describe it as being "viral", based on the GPL terms that all derived works must in turn be licensed under the GPL." (from [[GNU General Public License]])
What should we do with that? {{fact}} tag it? Remove it? Leave it as is? Personally I'd say it should be removed. I just removed, without logging in, the whole paragraph, which was nothing more than speculation regarding this "perception". Let's see what happens.
21:59, 19 October 2006 75.202.44.46 (Talk) ({{fact}}) 22:18, 19 October 2006 Haeleth ( Talk | contribs) (rv deletion with misleading edit summary)
I'm not at all surprised. This is why I usually use the {{fact}} tag.
And now it's turned into an all out multi-party edit war.
01:05, 20 October 2006 75.202.80.124 (Talk) (→Criticism) 01:06, 20 October 2006 75.202.80.124 (Talk) (→Criticism) 03:25, 20 October 2006 Gwern (Talk | contribs) («197 words changed» rv inane {{fact}}s) 10:02, 20 October 2006 Alphax (Talk | contribs) (If there /are/ citations for this stuff, please <ref> them...) 10:45, 20 October 2006 Haeleth (Talk | contribs) (The sky is blue.{{fact}} Grass is green.{{fact}})
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GNU_General_Public_License&act...
So what's the solution? Are we destined to keep speculative paragraphs like the one in question in the encyclopedia?
I'm going to try removing the paragraph completely again, and leaving a note on the talk page.
Anthony