On 15 Oct 2006 at 10:23, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:

No it isn't. It is prefectly normal to choose the interpretation that a) is legaly correct and b) keeps us safe.

Although, in this case, it's not actually "us" (the Wikimedia Foundation or individual Wikipedians) who's at legal risk, but others who use Wikipedia content in a commercial manner, as permitted by the GFDL, but perhaps not by the Philippine law in question. They would be the ones who got sued (if the Philippine courts can manage to get jurisdiction over them), not the Wikimedia Foundation (which is noncommercial and hence not subject to the legal restrictions) or the individual editors (who aren't engaging in commercial activity either, at least unless an entity like the infamous MyWikiBiz is involved). Wikimedia/Wikipedia has, by its own choice, decided to adopt a copyright policy that preserves the usability of its material by others for commercial as well as noncommercial purposes, but that's a voluntary decision not enforceable by law (unless there's some explicit contractual obligation that has been incurred).