2007/9/11, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro@gmail.com:
On 9/11/07, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
Of 15 requirements, I count 3 adhered to, 5 broken and 8 trivially adhered to. If we're so bad at keeping to the GFDL ourselves, we surely are putting undue pressure on others by forcing them to adhere to it.
Lol, I am an earnest man, and it takes a lot to make me chuckle cynically (to paraphrase Christopher Hitchens); but the idea of wikimedians/pedians "putting undue pressure on others" and "forcing" users of wikimedian/pedian content to adhere to anything at all by anything other than gentle persuasion and offering information on how to "do the right thing"... Really - Mind, meet Boggle.
Well, it's true. We don't force people things. They also have the choice to not copy our content. But I thought that the idea of using the GFDL is that others can use Wikipedia material. And anyone who wants to do that *is* forced to keep to the GFDL. And then I repeat: If we, as a large website that is fully under the GFDL, feel unable to adhere to the license, then how on earth can we ask on others like Teun that they DO adhere to it?