[Foundation-l] Let's switch to CC-BY-SA

[SJ Klein]

Here's a blast from the past:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Nupedia_and_Wikipedia#GFDL_license_statement_and_the_Title_page

SJ
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2007, Axel Boldt wrote:

> --- Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> as we do not have to resort to a legally risky move
>
> I guess that's what it boils down to: how legally risky is my
> proposition? Granted that I don't have any experience in these matters;
> I just find it hard to believe that a person could
>  1) prove that they own the copyright to some Wikipedia content
>  2) convince a jury that they never heard about the opt-out offer
>  3) claim that the license change caused damages larger than their
> legal costs.
>
> If such whimsical lawsuits are indeed a possibility, then the danger of
> action should be weighed against the danger of inaction: right now, any
> past contributor could sue for violating GFDL 4.A, failing to change an
> article's title after modification. I just don't see how suits like
> that are viable.
>
> --Axel
>
>
>
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