On 1/2/06, Stan Shebs <shebs(a)apple.com> wrote:
charles matthews wrote:
(ii) If WP added advertisements, what would its
attitude be to GFDL
licencees of WP material who would be 'diverting' income? Would it be
_absolutely unchanged_, i.e. 'go ahead, we give this stuff away'?
It would have to be. WP's copyright is jointly held by thousands of
individuals, all of whom would have standing to take the Foundation
to court. Need more plaintiffs? Just have them edit for a day... :-)
Stan
I suspect Wikipedia's attitude toward commercial GFDL licensees would
actually improve if Wikipedia has to "eat its own dog food", so to
speak. Of course the majority of Wikipedians are already committed to
creating a product which can be used for both non-commercial and
commercial uses.
Anthony