The GFDL states:

To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license notices just after the title page:

Copyright (C) year your name. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being list their titles, with the Front-Cover Texts being list, and with the Back-Cover Texts being list. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.

---- The copyright and license notices are nowhere included on Wikipedia. Thus, Wikipedia is not formally covered by the GFDL.

Is this an incorrect interpretation?

I haven't seen any counter-arguments.

Right now we're kind of in that "if you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have?" stage.

Do we have a timeline for including the necessary copyright and license notice?

Should we workshop it?

Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.

Another possibility:

Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being link.html, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.

link.html: <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com">Wikipedia</a>

Some possibilities for the related necessary pieces for coverage under the GFDL:

Acknowledgments: Wikipedia is only possible through the collaborative effort of the world community. Title Page: Welcome to Wikipedia, a collaborative project to produce a complete encyclopedia from scratch. We started in January 2001 and already have over 15,000 articles. We want to make over 100,000, so let's get to work--anyone can edit any page--copyedit, expand an article, write a little, write a lot. See the Wikipedia FAQ for information on how to edit pages and other questions.

The content of Wikipedia is covered by the GNU Free Documentation License, which means that it is free and will remain so forever. See open content and [free content]? for background. History: http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia_Announcements Endorsements: http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Friends_of_Wikipedia

I'm also posting this to http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License/Talk

Note that this is another thing Project Sourceberg could serve as, a way for us to collectively deal with Invariant Sections.

Note that Invariant Sections are only Invariant for people outside of Wikipedia; they don't have to be invariant within Wikipedia.