[Foundation-l] RfC: License update proposal

[Anthony]

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not sure why we're so stressed out about getting things exactly
> > legally
> > > right, since once edit histories for anything created before 2002 /
> late
> > > 2001 were wiped out, any of those articles don't have an accurate
> author
> > > list.
> >
> >
> > Who is stressed out about getting things exactly legally right?
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> This list, in the same way it overreacts to pretty much everything.
>
> "The sky is blue!"
> "No it's not!"
> "I can see it outside"
> "We need a poll."
> "Polls are evil."
> "Maybe an unofficial straw poll then?"
> [random CIA conspiracies about polls]
> Etc.
>
> I've found this format applies to pretty much all discussions on
> this list. It's about as predictable as a Lifetime movie.


Mike took us off on a tangent when he insisted that the concept of "moral
rights" was a purely legal construction, but up until then I thought things
were going well.