On 7/18/07, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/18/07, Angela Anuszewski psu256@member.fsf.org wrote:
For kicks, a while back when there was the BJAODN debate on copying content from one page to another and possible copyvios, I took it upon myself to write to the FSF compliance lab with my understanding of the situation and see if they would provide their commentary.
Did you have to mention Wikipedia in your inquiry? *shakes head*
I felt it was necessary, because a hypothetical situation similar to a real situation is by definition not the real situation. Therefore, you never get as precise an answer.
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 04:25:25PM -0400, psu256@member.fsf.org via RT wrote:
for example, it would probably be fine if the history section of the final article had a link to the history section of the article that was merged in.
Ergo, the history section being linked to needs to be visible to the general public, not deleted on the presumption that nobody will want to read it. What would be the purpose of linking to a history section which no longer exists?
Exactly - there would be no purpose for linking to a history section which no longer exists. This implies that the history of a deleted article needs to be preserved and be publically available. Its a fuzzy spot. I doubt the FDL was really designed with a project as large as the WP in mind so some of the concepts that might be easy to implement with book-sized works run into real problems when brought to such a large scale.