On 5/15/06, Fastfission fastfission@gmail.com wrote:
It seems to me that the most plausible place in which someone could use the GFDL in suing is if you re-used improperly re-used material.
For example: Company X downloads GFDL material from Wikipedia but does not correctly comply with the terms of the GFDL. Company Y knows Company X's material is GFDL and re-uses it themselves. Company X sues Company Y; Company Y pulls out the GFDL, proves the material was originally licensed under it, counter-sues Company X for having claimed they had copyright control over something they they did not.
Is it illegal to claim you have copyright control over something you do not? I'm sure there are plently of laws against claiming you *wrote* something you didn't, but if you properly attribute the authors but tack on a false claim of copyright, I don't see how that can be illegal.
Anthony