[Foundation-l] RfC: License update proposal

[Anthony]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> 2009/1/21 Nikola Smolenski <smolensk at eunet.yu>:
> > I'm not sure that these positions should be balanced. For example,
> everyone
> > who believes that an URL should be fine is also OK if all names are
> given,
> > but not the other way around.
>
> That's evidently not true. Many people in this debate have said that
> giving all names encumbers re-use of the work when such lists get very
> long, so they are not 'fine' with listing all names, because they
> recognize that there is an additional good (ease of re-use) that needs
> to be served.


But they granted a license to use their work under the GFDL, didn't they?
The GFDL certainly allows listing all names, doesn't it?

If you're saying these people have a right to revoke the GFDL from their
work, well, I won't argue against you.  But I find it strange that you would
argue this.