In a message dated 1/8/2009 12:40:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com writes:
As for your interest in this thread (intended point)... I think Geni is right in saying that our current practice of merging is in violation of GFDL. We cannot ignore any part of the GFDL license as it is legally binding. A solution to the problem can be achieved culturally (by altering our merge practices) and technically (by altering the source code - perhaps the creation of a [[Special:Merge]]).>>
------------------------------------------ Whether or not Geni's interpretation of this particular point is on-target is tied as well to our current blatant disregard for mirrors which do not even link to the history page in the first place. I mentioned that a while back and since then I know of nothing that the foundation or any other official group has done to look into it.
If we ignore these supposed violations of the GFDL, there will come a point when any suit over any new violation can simply use the same argument as "historic right-of-way" that is, "its been this way for a long time and they've done nothing about it."
Of course the interpretation that all mirrors (and our own merges) even need to link in all of history, is still open to debate.
Will Johnson
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2009/1/8 WJhonson@aol.com:
Whether or not Geni's interpretation of this particular point is on-target is tied as well to our current blatant disregard for mirrors which do not even link to the history page in the first place. I mentioned that a while back and since then I know of nothing that the foundation or any other official group has done to look into it. If we ignore these supposed violations of the GFDL, there will come a point when any suit over any new violation can simply use the same argument as "historic right-of-way" that is, "its been this way for a long time and they've done nothing about it." Of course the interpretation that all mirrors (and our own merges) even need to link in all of history, is still open to debate.
I think these are all subclasses of the problem "the GFDL is horriby vague and broken rubbish that even the FSF has given up on answering questions about" and we can't move to CC by-sa fast enough.
- d.