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

[Anthony]

On 9/11/07, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> >> No WMF is a service provider. Publisher is the author.
>
> >I emailed the FSF about Wikipedia's compliance with the GFDL (short
> >answer: he couldn't see any real problem, although it wasn't a lawyer
> >I was talking to) and the person the replied considered WMF to be the
> >publisher, and I agree with him. Just because they claim to be just a
> >host doesn't make it so.
>
> You should correct that misconception wherever you find it. There are
> important legal considerations and issues surrounding the Foundation's
> liability if they are deemed a publisher.
>
Maybe, but one thing I noticed recently is that [[Section 230]] of the
CDA doesn't say that a service provider *isn't* a publisher, it says
they won't "be treated as" a publisher.  That's a subtle but perhaps
significant difference.