[Foundation-l] Third-party GFDL text irrevocably incompatible with Wikipedia as of August 1

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Fri May 29 00:45:04 UTC 2009


> You know ... I can't think of a single instance in which I've ever seen
> Wikipedia content reused in which the GFDL was followed.  In EVERY
> instance,
> the attribution has either been messed up or omitted altogether.
>
> I'm not saying this is a good thing, of course.
>
> Newyorkbrad

As one of those who reuses Wikipedia material, I do my best, but ignore
onerous requirements. A link to the article, a link to the editing
history of the article and a link to the license should serve.

Fred




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