I think it's a bad idea to set up a Chinese wall between the mailing list and the rest of Wikipedia, including the Talk pages and Meta.
I strongly suggest that the mailing lists be officially covered by the GFDL and that an effort be made to have all the participants of the past officially accept the GFDL for all past posts.
I agree, but it might be a bit hard with people that posted here but have since left Wikipedia, and especially the pseudonomous people among them. But maybe a form letter could be emailed to everyone who posted to this list, asking them if they have any objections to putting the list under the FDL. LDan
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