2009/5/28 Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net:
effe iets anders wrote:
Which makes me wonder how a judge would rule on this btw. Because if the GFDL and CCBYSA are enough similar before the deadline to interchange, why wouldn't they be afterwards? Except for that line in the GFDL version, I don't see legal reasoning behind that... So just wondering how that would work out if someone boldly made the move /after/ the deadline and someone would bring it to a legal case. Is there any precendence on this is the US?
I doubt it. I think there is very little precedent anywhere about the legal effect of these licences. Before a judge renders a decision the case has to get into court in the first place, and I find it difficult to imagine who would have the standing to start such a case.
Ec
That probably would be someone complaining about someone else relicensing their content :) Which is not likely, and definitely not us of course, but mainly a thought experiment. I'm just meaning to say, it is not too hard to put anything you like in any kind of agreement/license, but what is the actual value of it? I really don't know.
Lodewijk