[Foundation-l] GFDL Q&A update and question

[David Gerard]

2009/1/10 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 2:17 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/1/10 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
>> > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:47 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> 2009/1/10 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:

>> >> > I care to prevent the relicensing *of my content* to CC-BY-SA.  Remove
>> my
>> >> > content, and you won't hear from me on the license issue again (unless
>> >> you
>> >> > choose to read my blog or the blog of the non-profit Internet Review
>> >> > Corporation).

>> >> If you licensed it under "or later," you can't take that back.

>> > Tell it to the judge.

>> How's the legal track record on trying to take back rights released
>> under a free licence?

> What is the purpose of this line of questioning, David?


To establish whether your claim that you can take back contributions
you've licensed out holds water.

What's the track record of people trying to take back rights released
under a free license, as you are purporting to do? How have they done
when they take it to court and they and their opponent have to, as you
phrase it, "tell it to the judge"?


- d.