[Foundation-l] GFDL conflicting with transfer of content?

[SJ]

GFDL does not mean you have to keep the content at that
location/address forever; it means that whenever you use content --
for isntance on ws after moving it from wp -- you have to attribute
the source properly.  Copying the entire history from wp onto the talk
page of the target on ws would be a comprehensive way to do this.  You
can probably get away with only copying the names of 5 of the original
authors... but why go half way?

Yes, sometimes things up for deletion get transwikied.  Not sure that
any content has a 'right' to be somewhere, but a project can set
policies about what consensus is needed to remove sth to another
project...  a case for setting clearer policies, perhaps especially
with regard to wikisource.

SJ

On 9/20/06, valdelli at bluemail.ch <valdelli at bluemail.ch> wrote:
> In Wikipedia we have sometimes the transfer of content among
> different projects Wikipedia <--> Wikisource, Wikipedia <-->
> Wikinews, Wikipedia <--> Wiktionary for example.
>
> I don't know very well the status of all wikipedia but I am
> following my personal experience.
>
> But this usage is in in conflict with GFDL?
>
> I could read here http://en.wikisource.
> org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License some points which are not
> respected like:
>
> 1.Preserve the section Entitled "History"....
> 2.Preserve the network location...
>
> and so on.
>
> IMHO it's possible to transfer but the original version must remain
> in its original place (in this case it's a simple copy) or the
> transfer is possible respecting some rules for example the transfer
> of all history, of list of all author and maybe with agreement of
> them.
>
> If an article is transfered without taking care of all point listed
> in the GFDL could an author request the reintegration of the article
> in the original place? IMHO it is in its own rights!
>
> Also the transfer of an article from a project in another is not
> valid if the original place has got a place card who redirect at new
> place where there is a modified version (adding also the lost of
> history due to the transfer)!
>
> What is your suggestion?
>
> I ask because in a Wikipedia some people vote for transfer of some
> articles which are accepted by the community in a previous call for
> cancellation. In other words the article which are not cancelled
> after some days are proposed for transfer.
>
> Ilario
>
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