[Foundation-l] GFDL and relicensing

[David Gerard]

On 21/11/2007, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:

> The GFDL also promises that any "new versions [of the GFDL] will be similar
> in spirit to the present version".  If the future versions change in any
> major way, that's a substantial clause by which to litigate under.  For
> example, if the future GFDL changes when and how authors are acknowledged,
> one could argue that such changes are not similar in spirit to the present
> version.


One could argue this where precisely? In which court against who?

Most of these hypotheticals are vacuous and self-FUDding. The law is
not deterministic computer code.


- d.