geni wrote:
It could be argued that they do not however do so likely. Certian element of the GFDL make it a pain in the neck to use for traditional media. Particulary when you get the insane numbers of authors certian wikipedia articles can rack up.
Well, the GFDL did anticipate this possibility, and has a clause to avoid burdensome requirements like listing 500 people as authors---if there are more than 5 authors, the reuser of the content may choose and credit 5 of them.
That's not to say that the GFDL is not burdensome to commercial reusers, but it's not burdensome for that specific reason.
-Mark