On 01/12/2007, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
On 01/12/2007, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Greg will of course correct me if I'm wrong - but I suspect the problem is that lots of people want CC-by-sa because it's easier to reuse stuff ... but that GFDL makes it hard to reuse stuff is considered a *feature* by many, e.g. photographers who license work as GFDL but also sell it privately. That is: the thing that makes GFDL a pain in the backside for a wiki is precisely why they like it, and they want it to stay a pain in the backside for that reason.
Ah, yes, the GFDL as "CC-BY-SA online and no-one dares use it offline"... I certainly understand that appeal :-)
It's worse than that - I suspect that's been advocated as a feature to more than a few photographers to get them to put stuff onto Commons for our use. I don't *think* I've used it that way myself, but I'm currently wracking my brain trying to think of anyone who I might have. These people *will* feel ripped off.
- d.