On 02/12/2007, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
The clauses are highly similar in nature. And they are ambiguous; it is not clear whether a photograph in an article is "separate and independent" from the article text. Again, a license that establishes clarity on this is needed; it doesn't help us to argue that the GFDL _is_ clear on this (it isn't, and our practice contradicts your interpretation), and it doesn't help us to attack Creative Commons because their interpretation of similar language is different from the FSF's.
The problem is that that is the interpretation of the people who have the power to change the license. Thus there interpretation can also be read as their intention and if they turn out to be wrong in their interpretation they can change the license in order to follow their intention.