On 21/11/2007, Michael Bimmler
<mbimmler(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Let's further imagine that the majority of
Wikipedia contributors
likes this approach and Wikipedia adopts the new GFDL version.
Wouldn't this mean that the contributions of prior contributors would
then also be available under these new, similar-to-PD terms and, if
yes, wouldn't this possibly violate the spirit of the contributor's
decision (viz. to submit them under GFDL terms and not anything less
restrictive?)
Yes, if one of them takes it to a court that has jurisdiction and
wins. Until then, no.
Well, I've seen someone licensing media on commons with a double licence
GFDL + cc-by-sa-nc. The only reason I can see is exploiting the GFDL
clause of including the license in the copies, which in many cases is
simply unpractical, particularly for an image. I can envisage these
contributors will have a reason to complain if the GFDL becomes less
restrictive.
Cruccone