On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) wrote:
The point I was making is that I expect people
will continue importing
and exporting as per past practice with no attention given to the
issue and few people caring. From a legal point of view that's not
optimal, but I think it's highly likely.
That's a reasonable expectation. People who are not intimately involved
with the arcana of licensing will just turn off and ignore the
distinctions. Others may just see the rush to get everyone changed the
short period between WMF's adoption of this switch and the deadline date
as an attempt by the big kid on the block to push its policies on others.
We should certainly take care not to push anyone. I would be
delighted to see sites that do not wish to change sticking with the
GFDL - that's excellent, and it is a great license for people who use
it intentionally. What I mind is sites realizing in half a year the
implications of Wikimedia's switch, and despising the effect it has
had on them, if they chose the GFDL (and perhaps put up with some of
its quirks) simply for WP compatibility.
SJ